Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield

Further improvements in wheat yields are critical, for which increases in grain number would be required. In the recent past, higher grain number was achieved through increased growth of the juvenile spikes before anthesis, due to the reduction in stem growth. As current cultivars have already an o...

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Main Authors: Slafer, Gustavo A, Elia, Mónica, Savin, Roxana, García, Guillermo Ariel, Terrile, Ignacio Ismael, Ferrante, Ariel, Miralles, Daniel Julio, Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fes3.59/full
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author Slafer, Gustavo A
Elia, Mónica
Savin, Roxana
García, Guillermo Ariel
Terrile, Ignacio Ismael
Ferrante, Ariel
Miralles, Daniel Julio
Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela
author_browse Elia, Mónica
Ferrante, Ariel
García, Guillermo Ariel
Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela
Miralles, Daniel Julio
Savin, Roxana
Slafer, Gustavo A
Terrile, Ignacio Ismael
author_facet Slafer, Gustavo A
Elia, Mónica
Savin, Roxana
García, Guillermo Ariel
Terrile, Ignacio Ismael
Ferrante, Ariel
Miralles, Daniel Julio
Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela
author_sort Slafer, Gustavo A
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description Further improvements in wheat yields are critical, for which increases in grain number would be required. In the recent past, higher grain number was achieved through increased growth of the juvenile spikes before anthesis, due to the reduction in stem growth. As current cultivars have already an optimum height, alternatives must be identifi ed for further increasing grain number. One of them is increasing fruiting effi ciency (grains set per unit of spike dry weight at an-thesis). Fruiting effi ciency is the fi nal outcome of the fate of fl oret development and differences in this trait within modern cultivars would be related to higher survival of fl oret primordia. Then there are two alternative physiological path-ways to improve fruiting effi ciency by allowing a normal development of most vulnerable fl oret primordia: an increased allocation of assimilates for the developing fl orets before anthesis, or reduced demand of the fl orets for maintaining their normal development. Both alternatives may be possible, and it might be critical to recognize which of them is the actual cause of differences in fruiting effi ciency. When considering this trait in breeding we must be aware of potential trade- offs and therefore it must be avoided that increases in fruiting effi ciency be constitutively related to decreases in either spike dry weight at anthesis or grain weight. In this review we described fruiting effi ciency and its physiological bases, analyzing genetic variation and considering potential drawbacks that must be taken into account to avoid increases in fruiting effi ciency being compensated by other traits.
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spelling INTA11982023-10-12T11:47:13Z Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield Slafer, Gustavo A Elia, Mónica Savin, Roxana García, Guillermo Ariel Terrile, Ignacio Ismael Ferrante, Ariel Miralles, Daniel Julio Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela Triticum Aestivum Triticum Durum Espigas Contenido de Materia Seca Granos Rendimiento Biomasa Trigo Spikes Dry Matter Content Grain Yields Biomass Wheat Coeficiente de Fertilidad Componentes de Rendimiento Numero de Granos Eficiencia Reproductiva Further improvements in wheat yields are critical, for which increases in grain number would be required. In the recent past, higher grain number was achieved through increased growth of the juvenile spikes before anthesis, due to the reduction in stem growth. As current cultivars have already an optimum height, alternatives must be identifi ed for further increasing grain number. One of them is increasing fruiting effi ciency (grains set per unit of spike dry weight at an-thesis). Fruiting effi ciency is the fi nal outcome of the fate of fl oret development and differences in this trait within modern cultivars would be related to higher survival of fl oret primordia. Then there are two alternative physiological path-ways to improve fruiting effi ciency by allowing a normal development of most vulnerable fl oret primordia: an increased allocation of assimilates for the developing fl orets before anthesis, or reduced demand of the fl orets for maintaining their normal development. Both alternatives may be possible, and it might be critical to recognize which of them is the actual cause of differences in fruiting effi ciency. When considering this trait in breeding we must be aware of potential trade- offs and therefore it must be avoided that increases in fruiting effi ciency be constitutively related to decreases in either spike dry weight at anthesis or grain weight. In this review we described fruiting effi ciency and its physiological bases, analyzing genetic variation and considering potential drawbacks that must be taken into account to avoid increases in fruiting effi ciency being compensated by other traits. Fil: Slafer, Gustavo Ariel. Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal; España. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats; España Fil: Elia, Mónica. Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal; España Fil: Savin, Roxana. Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal; España Fil: García, Guillermo Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Cerealicultura. Depatamento Producción Vegetal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Terrile, Ignacio Ismael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino; Argentina Fil: Ferrante, Ariel. University of Queensland. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation; Australia Fil: Miralles, Daniel Julio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Cerealicultura. Depatamento Producción Vegetal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2017-09-11T17:56:51Z 2017-09-11T17:56:51Z 2015-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1198 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fes3.59/full 2048-3694 https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.59 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Food and energy security 4 (2) : 92-109. (July 2015)
spellingShingle Triticum Aestivum
Triticum Durum
Espigas
Contenido de Materia Seca
Granos
Rendimiento
Biomasa
Trigo
Spikes
Dry Matter Content
Grain
Yields
Biomass
Wheat
Coeficiente de Fertilidad
Componentes de Rendimiento
Numero de Granos
Eficiencia Reproductiva
Slafer, Gustavo A
Elia, Mónica
Savin, Roxana
García, Guillermo Ariel
Terrile, Ignacio Ismael
Ferrante, Ariel
Miralles, Daniel Julio
Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela
Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
title Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
title_full Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
title_fullStr Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
title_full_unstemmed Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
title_short Fruiting efficiency : an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
title_sort fruiting efficiency an alternative trait to further rise wheat yield
topic Triticum Aestivum
Triticum Durum
Espigas
Contenido de Materia Seca
Granos
Rendimiento
Biomasa
Trigo
Spikes
Dry Matter Content
Grain
Yields
Biomass
Wheat
Coeficiente de Fertilidad
Componentes de Rendimiento
Numero de Granos
Eficiencia Reproductiva
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1198
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fes3.59/full
https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.59
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