Claim · model-written summary
Reducing grains per ear suggested that reduced assimilate supply contributes to lower yield in the near isogenic lines.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Artificially reducing grain number per eare0
- Outcome
- reduced grain yielde0
- Qualifier
- reduced supply of assimilatese0
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Verbatim
e0“Artificially reducing grain number per ear suggested that both a reduced supply of assimilates and a diminished capacity to incorporate assimilates in the grain caused the reduced grain yield of the NIL.”
t0“Winter Wheat”
Title
Leaf Rust Resistance Gene Lr9 and Winter Wheat Yield Reduction: I. Yield and Yield Components
Silvano Ortelli; Hans Winzeler; Michael Winzeler; et al. Crop Science 1996. doi:10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183x003600060030x
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation The Lr9 near isogenic lines were phenotypically very similar to Arina.
- Observation Aboveground dry matter was similar for the near isogenic lines and Arina at anthesis and medium milk stage.
- Observation Dry matter accumulation diverged only after the medium milk stage.
- Observation At maturity, the near isogenic lines yielded 12% less grain than Arina, with a 5 to 14% range.
- Observation The near isogenic lines had 3 to 11% fewer grains per square meter.
- Observation The near isogenic lines had 2 to 7% lower mean grain weight.
- Observation The smaller grain number was associated with 6% fewer tillers per plant.
- Observation The smaller grain number was associated with 2% fewer grains per ear.
- Mechanism Reducing grains per ear suggested that diminished capacity to incorporate assimilates in grain contributes to lower yield.
- Association Small differences among Lr9 lines suggested a direct relationship between yield depression and Lr9 resistance.