Breeding Durum and Bread Wheat Lines Resistant to High Temperatures during Grain Filling Period

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Necdet Budak
Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 778
Author(s):  
Francesco Giunta ◽  
Simona Bassu ◽  
Marina Mefleh ◽  
Rosella Motzo

The growing interest in old durum wheat cultivars, due to enhanced consumer attention on healthy, traditional products and low-input agricultural systems, partly relies on their different quality characteristics compared to modern cultivars. Nine Italian durum wheat cultivars from different breeding periods were compared in two late-sown (January) field trials in order to subject their grain filling period to high temperatures similar to those expected in the future. Late sowing moved anthesis forward by about 10 days and increased the mean temperature during grain filling by 1.3 °C compared to that obtained when using the common sowing period of November–December. In these conditions, old cultivars were on average less productive than modern ones (2.36 vs. 3.54 tons ha−1, respectively), had a higher protein percentage (13.8% vs. 11.1%), a lower gluten index (24.3% vs. 56.3%), and a lower alveographic W (baking strength) (64 vs. 100 J 10−4). The differences were partly associated to variations in the gliadins:glutenins ratio. It depended on the genotype whether the grain and semolina protein percentage and gluten strength compensated one another in terms of alveographic indices to give the dough a strength similar to that of the modern cultivars in the range of moderately high temperatures, which resulted from delayed sowing. Further studies aimed at exploring the genetic variability of quality traits in the large genetic pool represented by the several Italian old and intermediate durum wheat cultivars still available are therefore advisable.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 6942
Author(s):  
Sachiko Matsunaga ◽  
Yuji Yamasaki ◽  
Yusuke Toda ◽  
Ryosuke Mega ◽  
Kinya Akashi ◽  
...  

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is less adaptable to high temperatures than other major cereals. Previous studies of the effects of high temperature on wheat focused on the reproductive stage. There are few reports on yield after high temperatures at other growth stages. Understanding growth-stage-specific responses to heat stress will contribute to the development of tolerant lines suited to high temperatures at various stages. We exposed wheat cultivar “Norin 61” to high temperature at three growth stages: seedling–tillering (GS1), tillering–flowering (GS2), and flowering–maturity (GS3). We compared each condition based on agronomical traits, seed maturity, and photosynthesis results. Heat at GS2 reduced plant height and number of grains, and heat at GS3 reduced the grain formation period and grain weight. However, heat at GS1 reduced senescence and prolonged grain formation, increasing grain weight without reducing yield. These data provide fundamental insights into the biochemical and molecular adaptations of bread wheat to high-temperature stresses and have implications for the development of wheat lines that can respond to high temperatures at various times of the year.


1991 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
CS Blumenthal ◽  
F Bekes ◽  
IL Batey ◽  
CW Wrigley ◽  
HJ Moss ◽  
...  

Grain quality results for variety trials extending over 27 years (3 sites and 5 varieties) were compared with the temperature profiles during the grain filling period (56 days prior to harvest) to determine the effects on quality of high temperatures (>35�C) during this period of growth. Heat stress episodes have been frequent at two (Narrabri, N.S.W., and Turretfield, S.A.) of the three sites studied; spring temperatures were more moderate at the third site, Wongan Hills, W.A. There were highly significant (P< 0.01) correlations of heat stress (as hours above 35�C, during grain filling) with protein content (positive) and with grain yields (negative) at Narrabri for all varieties. In many combinations of site and variety, heat stress correlated negatively with loaf volume, and with dough strength (as Rmax, resistance to stretching with the Extensograph). Heat stress episodes in the Narrabri (N.S.W.) region in 1981 and 1982 gave further opportunity to examine these relationships. Results showed very clearly that high temperatures late in grain filling were associated with weaker dough properties (lower Rmax) in the resulting grain. These trends may form the basis of a predictive system by which to estimate crop quality and to interpret the results of variety trials.


2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 739
Author(s):  
Maria L. Maydup ◽  
Mariana Antonietta ◽  
Nicolás Rouillet ◽  
Maria G. Cano ◽  
Juan J. Guiamet ◽  
...  

In crop studies, shading is a common approach for reducing source activity (i.e. assimilates produced by photosynthesis); however, if source reduction is not directly proportional to the degree of light attenuation, estimations could be flawed. We analysed the effects of shading at three levels on light transmittance, air and canopy temperatures, and actual photosynthetic activity at different times of day, and on grain weight in a modern genotype of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The treatments were imposed 10 days after anthesis and comprised three levels of shading with meshes: 80%, 50% and 10% transmittance during midday. The decrease in midday photosynthetic activity (electron transport rate, ETR; and CO2 assimilation, An) in the shading treatments compared with control plants did not fit a 1:1 relationship with light transmittance of the meshes; for example, the reduction in ETR and An was &lt;50% under the mesh with 50% light transmittance. The decrease in light transmittance and photosynthesis caused by the meshes was higher during the morning and afternoon than midday. In the grain-filling period, midday ETR showed a progressive, age-dependent decrease in control plants compared with shading treatments. Initial differences in photosynthetic activity between treatments were attenuated throughout the grain-filling period. The diurnal course of air temperature showed a progressive decrease from control to shade treatments, mainly during midday. This pattern was confirmed by infrared thermometry of canopy temperature, with severe shade showing the lowest temperature. Greenness measurements at 19 days after anthesis showed delayed senescence in shaded plants, possibly due to the decrease in temperature under shade. Grain weight per ear was reduced in shading treatments (mainly with 50% and 10% light transmittance). The decrease in grain weight per ear plotted against the decrease in photosynthesis (evaluated through ETR or An) did not fit a 1:1 relationship. This could be explained in part by an observed increase in dry matter retranslocation from the stem. In summary, estimations of source reduction on the basis of light attenuation could be biased, because the photosynthesis decrease is less than proportional, and photosynthesis differences are attenuated throughout grain filling.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Ling ZHANG ◽  
Hong-Na ZHANG ◽  
Chen-Yang HAO ◽  
Lan-Fen WANG ◽  
Tian LI ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1698-1709
Author(s):  
Tian-Jun XU ◽  
Zhi-Qiang DONG ◽  
Jiao GAO ◽  
Chuan-Xiao CHEN ◽  
Liu JIAO ◽  
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