Exotic alleles contribute to heat tolerance in wheat under field conditions

Comparative phenotyping and genome-wide association study in a panel of 149 wheat genotypes reveal alleles associated with heat tolerance, which could be useful in future breeding programmes for wheat cultivars.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gemma Molero, Benedict Coombes, Ryan Joynson, Francisco Pinto, Francisco J. Piñera-Chávez, Carolina Rivera-Amado, Anthony Hall, Matthew P. Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04325-5