Claim · model-written summary
Late-sown irrigated conditions reduced SPAD chlorophyll content in wheat compared with timely sown conditions.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- late-sown (LSIR)e0
- Outcome
- SPADe1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Comparator
- timely sown (TSIR)e0
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Verbatim
t0“heat tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)”
e0“A comprehensive evaluation of 248 MAGIC population-derived wheat lines and their eight founder lines revealed significant genetic variation and adaptive diversity for key physiological traits- NDVI_1-3, SPAD chlorophyll content, canopy temperature (CT), and chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm UP and LW) under timely sown (TSIR) and late-sown (LSIR) irrigated conditions across multiple locations”
e1“Genotypes under TSIR exhibited higher canopy greenness, chlorophyll stability, and photosynthetic efficiency, whereas LSIR induced elevated CT and reduced SPAD”
Title
Ananta Bag; Hari Krishna; Vinodh Kumar P.N; et al. PLoS ONE 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339966
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation The 248 MAGIC wheat lines and their founders showed significant genetic variation and adaptive diversity for physiological traits across multiple locations.
- Intervention effect Under timely sown irrigated conditions, wheat genotypes showed higher canopy greenness, chlorophyll stability and photosynthetic efficiency than under late-sown conditions.
- Intervention effect Late-sown irrigated conditions elevated canopy temperature in wheat compared with timely sown conditions.
- Association NDVI was positively correlated with SPAD and Fv/Fm in wheat.
- Association NDVI was negatively correlated with canopy temperature in wheat.
- Observation Two principal adaptive axes explained 65-82% of total variation in the measured wheat traits.
- Observation GWAS detected 54 significant marker-trait associations in wheat, predominantly on chromosome 5A.
- Association Major loci AX-95210025, AX-94980357 and AX-94448771 influenced NDVI, SPAD chlorophyll content and CT in wheat.
- Association Major loci AX-95210025, AX-94980357 and AX-94448771 influenced Fv/Fm (UP and LW) in wheat.
- Association Favorable alleles enhanced canopy vigour and chlorophyll content in wheat.
- Association Favorable alleles reduced canopy temperature in wheat.
- Observation In-silico and gene regulatory network analyses identified heat-responsive candidate genes in wheat, including TraesCS5A02G078000, TraesCS5A02G077900 and TraesCS1A02G098800.
- Observation In-silico and gene regulatory network analyses identified heat-responsive candidate genes in wheat, including TraesCS7A02G143900 and TraesCS7B02G083500.
- Mechanism The candidate genes are proposed to regulate chlorophyll maintenance, PSII repair and canopy cooling under stress.
- Recommendation The study identifies robust targets for marker-assisted selection and genomic improvement of thermotolerant wheat.