Achieving yield gains in wheat

M Reynolds, J Foulkes, R Furbank… - Plant, cell & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Wheat provides 20% of calories and protein consumed by humans. Recent genetic gains
are< 1% per annum (pa), insufficient to meet future demand. The Wheat Yield Consortium …

Phenology and related traits for wheat adaptation

J Hyles, MT Bloomfield, JR Hunt, RM Trethowan… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Wheat is a major food crop, with around 765 million tonnes produced globally. The largest
wheat producers include the European Union, China, India, Russia, United States, Canada …

Soybean reduced internode 1 determines internode length and improves grain yield at dense planting

S Li, Z Sun, Q Sang, C Qin, L Kong, X Huang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major cereal crops have benefitted from Green Revolution traits such as shorter and more
compact plants that permit high-density planting, but soybean has remained relatively …

Raising yield potential of wheat. I. Overview of a consortium approach and breeding strategies

M Reynolds, D Bonnett, SC Chapman… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Theoretical considerations suggest that wheat yield potential could be increased by up to
50% through the genetic improvement of radiation use efficiency (RUE). However, to …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding the physiological basis of yield potential in wheat

RA Fischer - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 2007 - Citeseer
The present paper focuses on the physiology of yield potential in wheat (Triticum aestivum
L.), because breeding progress in yield potential has overtaken farm yield progress. The …

Grain number and grain weight in wheat lines contrasting for stem water soluble carbohydrate concentration

MF Dreccer, AF van Herwaarden, SC Chapman - Field Crops Research, 2009 - Elsevier
In wheat, the ability to store and remobilise large amounts of stem water soluble
carbohydrates (WSC) to grain constitutes a desirable trait to incorporate into germplasm …

Height reduction and agronomic performance for selected gibberellin-responsive dwarfing genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

GJ Rebetzke, MH Ellis, DG Bonnett, B Mickelson… - Field Crops …, 2012 - Elsevier
Improved ability to establish well when sowing at depth, into crop residues or hard soils
should lead to increased yields in these situations. The semi-dwarfing Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b …

The Impact of the Wheat Rht-B1b Semi-Dwarfing Allele on Photosynthesis and Seed Development Under Field Conditions

EM Jobson, RE Johnston, AJ Oiestad… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Reduced Height (Rht) genes formed the basis for the green revolution in wheat by
decreasing plant height and increasing productive tillers. There are two current widely used …

Green revolution 'stumbles' in a dry environment: Dwarf wheat with Rht genes fails to produce higher grain yield than taller plants under drought

S Jatayev, A Kurishbayev, L Zotova… - Plant, Cell & …, 2020 - elibrary.ru
Green revolution ‘stumbles’ in a dry environment: Dwarf wheat with Rht genes fails to produce
higher grain yield than taller plants under drought КОРЗИНА ПОИСК НАВИГАТОР СЕССИЯ …

The Rht13 dwarfing gene reduces peduncle length and plant height to increase grain number and yield of wheat

GJ Rebetzke, MH Ellis, DG Bonnett, AG Condon… - Field Crops …, 2011 - Elsevier
The green-revolution Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b dwarfing alleles are usually associated with
increased wheat yields but are linked to reduced early growth and poor emergence if …