Claim · model-written summary
Barley hybrids had 23% more kernels per ear than conventional genotypes.
- Taxon
- barley
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Hordeum vulgaree3 - Material
- hybridse3
- Outcome
- ear sizee3
- Direction
- largere3
- Value
- +23%e3
- Comparator
- conventional genotypese1
- Setting
- north-west Italye0
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Verbatim
e0“over three growing seasons (2013–2016) in north-west Italy”
e1“the hybrids consistently outperformed the conventional genotypes”
e3“larger ear size (+23% and +22% of the kernels per ear for the barley and wheat hybrids, respectively)”
Title
Field programs for the cultivation of barley and wheat hybrids
Mattia Scapino; Massimo Blandino Italian Journal of Agronomy 2025. doi:10.1016/j.ijagro.2025.100046
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Association Barley hybrids yielded 8% more grain than conventional genotypes.
- Association Wheat hybrids yielded 10% more grain than conventional genotypes.
- Association Wheat hybrids had 22% more kernels per ear than conventional genotypes.
- Association Barley hybrids had 3% higher kernel weight than conventional genotypes.
- Association Wheat hybrids had 4% higher kernel weight than conventional genotypes.
- Mechanism The authors attribute the yield advantage mainly to an improved tillering ability.
- Association Hybrids were sown at a 67% lower initial plant density.
- Observation The canopy of the hybrids stayed green for longer.
- Observation The hybrids improved biomass accumulation, as the authors interpret the longer green canopy.
- Intervention effect The wheat hybrid reached a higher grain yield with fewer N inputs than the conventional genotype.
- Association The wheat hybrid showed an improvement in N use efficiency (NUE).
- Association The barley hybrid showed a higher yield potential.
- Association The barley hybrid showed improved tolerance to foliar diseases.
- Recommendation The authors recommend hybrids for a sustainable intensification of cereal cropping systems.