Effects of Favorable Alleles for Water-Soluble Carbohydrates at Grain Filling on Grain Weight under Drought and Heat Stresses in Wheat

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 7; p. e102917
• Main Authors: Zhang, Bin, Li, Weiyu, Chang, Xiaoping, Li, Runzhi, Jing, Ruilian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.07.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Alleles; Analysis; Assimilation; Barley; Biology and Life Sciences; Breeding; Carbohydrates; Carbohydrates - genetics; Carbon; Cell division; Correlation; Correlation analysis; Crop science; Drought; Droughts; Edible Grain - genetics; Environmental effects; Flowering; Flowers - genetics; Genomes; Genomics; Grain; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; Hot Temperature; Leaves; Metabolism; Organs; Oryza; Plant breeding; Plant growth; Plant Leaves - genetics; Population; Solubility; Stresses; Triticum - genetics; Triticum aestivum; Water; Water chemistry; Water conservation; Weight reduction; Wheat; Winter wheat; United Kingdom > UK; Beijing China; China

Drought, heat and other abiotic stresses during grain filling can result in reductions in grain weight. Conserved water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC) at early grain filling play an important role in partial compensation of reduced carbon supply. A diverse population of 262 historical winter wheat acce...