Awns reduce grain number to increase grain size and harvestable yield in irrigated and rainfed spring wheat

Awns were linked to larger grain size, improved seedlot quality, and yield in less favourable environments but trade-offs in grain number reduced much of their benefit in more favourable environments.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Botany

• Publication date

  2016-03-14

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jxb/erw081PMID 26976817PMCID 4861010
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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