Juvenile Heat Tolerance in Wheat for Attaining Higher Grain Yield by Shifting to Early Sowing in October in South Asia

Juvenile Heat Tolerance in Wheat for Attaining Higher Grain Yield by Shifting to Early Sowing in October in South Asia

Farmers in northwestern and central India have been exploring to sow their wheat much earlier (October) than normal (November) to sustain productivity by escaping terminal heat stress and to utilize the available soil moisture after the harvesting of rice crop. However, current popular varieties are...

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Main Authors: Uttam Kumar, Ravi Prakash Singh, Susanne Dreisigacker, Marion S. Röder, Jose Crossa, Julio Huerta-Espino, Suchismita Mondal, Leonardo Crespo-Herrera, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Chandra Nath Mishra, Gurvinder Singh Mavi, Virinder Singh Sohu, Sakuru Venkata Sai Prasad, Rudra Naik, Satish Chandra Misra, Arun Kumar Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
early heat stress
<i>Triticum aestivum</i>
heat tolerance
VRN
PPD
photoperiod
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/11/1808

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