High Temperature Tolerance in Aegilops Species and Its Potential Transfer to Wheat

• Published in: Crop science Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 292 - 304
• Main Authors: Pradhan, G.P, Prasad, P.V.V, Fritz, A.K, Kirkham, M.B, Gill, B.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI Crop Science Society of America 2012; The Crop Science Society of America, Inc; American Society of Agronomy
• Subjects: Adaptation to environment and cultivation conditions; Aegilops; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Bread; breeding; Chlorophyll; cultivars; flowering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genetic variation; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; Genomes; Genomics; Grain growth; Grain size; grain yield; heat; heat tolerance; High temperature; photoperiod; temperature; Triticum aestivum; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; Wheat; Heat resistance; Monocotyledones; Triticum; Aegilops; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Herbaceous plant; Spermatophyta

High temperature (HT) stress is highly detrimental to crop productivity but there is limited variability for this trait among wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. The objectives of this research were to screen wild wheats (Aegilops species) for tolerance to HT stress at the reproductive stage and...