Yield components are relatively easy to measure and their interpretation is intuitive.
However, strong environmental influences, genetic and physiological controls, and …

This paper is a response to Sinclair and Jamieson [Sinclair, TR, Jamieson, PD, 2006. Grain
number, wheat yield, and bottling beer: an analysis. Field Crops Res. 98, 60–67] who …

Further improvements to wheat yield potential will be essential to meet future food demand.
As yield is related to the number of fertile florets and grains, an understanding of the basis of …

In this chapter, the authors analyze the changes produced by breeders in wheat yield during
just the last century, when scientific genetic improvement took place after the rediscovery of …

Yield increases in temperate cereals have been associated with increases in grain number.
An experiment was conducted to investigate whether altering the duration of the stem …

Grain number has long been considered to be a key determinant of yield in wheat crops and
cultivars. In this paper, we argue that both yield and grain number are constrained by a …

The effects of Rht1 and Rht2 alleles on the dynamics of floret development in isogenic lines
(dwarf, DD; semi-dwarf, SD and standard height, SH) of spring wheat were investigated …

Grain weight is a trait which has hardly been exploited for raising genetic yield potential of
wheat. A clearer understanding of physiological determinants of grain weight potential …

A longer duration of stem elongation (from terminal spikelet initiation to anthesis) would
result in a higher wheat yield potential as a consequence of the increase in both spike dry …

Abstract Context Wheat (Triticum spp.) grain yield (GY) is highly associated with grain
number per unit area (GN m-2). Biomass accumulation and partitioning are essential to …