The spectacular yield increases in rice and wheat during the green revolution were partly
realized by reduced gibberellin (GA) synthesis or sensitivity, both causing the accumulation …

Main conclusion This review presents genetic and molecular basis of crop height using a
rice crop model. Height is controlled by multiple genes with potential to be manipulated …

Genetic relationships between plant height and root morphology were investigated in a
diverse set of wheat germplasm [199 double-haploid progeny derived from a cross between …

An F 1 derived doubled haploid (DH) population of 402 lines from the adapted spring wheat
cross Superb (high yielding)/BW278 (low yielding) was developed to identify quantitative …

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 …

In bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), crop height is an important determinant of agronomic
performance. The aim of this study was to identify genes controlling variation in crop height …

Key message Two QTL with pleiotropic effects on plant height and spike length linked in
coupling phase on chromosome 2DS were dissected, and diagnostic marker for each QTL …

Wheat grown under rain-fed conditions is often affected by drought worldwide. Future
projections from a climate simulation model predict that the combined effects of increasing …

The semidwarfing alleles reduced height (Rht)-D1b and Rht-B1b are widely deployed in
wheat breeding. Both alleles have similar effects on plant height but differ in their effect on …

Short season high latitude (50° N–56° N) spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is grown on
approximately 7 million ha in Western Siberia with average yield of 1.5–2.0 t/ha. A historical …