scholarly journals Durum wheat grain yield and quality as affected by S rate under Mediterranean conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ercoli ◽  
Leonardo Lulli ◽  
Iduna Arduini ◽  
Marco Mariotti ◽  
Alessandro Masoni
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Grain Yield And Quality ◽  
Mediterranean Conditions

Long‐Term Tillage and Crop Sequence Effects on Wheat Grain Yield and Quality

2013 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 1317-1327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaetano Amato ◽  
Paolo Ruisi ◽  
Alfonso S. Frenda ◽  
Giuseppe Di Miceli ◽  
Sergio Saia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Sequence Effects ◽  
Grain Yield And Quality ◽  
Crop Sequence

Selenium biofortification in bread-making wheat under Mediterranean conditions: influence on grain yield and quality parameters

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria J. Poblaciones ◽  
Oscar Santamaría ◽  
Teodoro García-White ◽  
Sara M. Rodrigo
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Milling Process ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Sodium Selenate ◽  
Bread Making ◽  
Wheat Field ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Grain Yield And Quality ◽  
Mediterranean Conditions

The diet of millions of people around the world is deficient in selenium (Se). Bread-making wheat has been successfully used in Se biofortification programs under temperate climate to remedy Se deficiency. However, its suitability under Mediterranean conditions and its effect on the grain yield and quality parameters are not well known. In a wheat field in south-western Spain, two foliar Se fertilisers (sodium selenate and sodium selenite) were applied at four application rates (0, 10, 20, 40 g ha–1) in 2010–11 and 2011–12. Results showed a strong and linear relationship between total Se in grain and Se dose for both fertilisers, although selenate was much more efficient. A dose of 10 g sodium selenate ha–1 was able to increase significantly the Se in grain to close to the recommended values, although Se loss of 28% during the milling process might be expected. Grain yield was not negatively affected by fertilisation, but grain protein and dry gluten were slightly negatively affected, but only in the dry year. Alveograph parameters were either not affected or slightly favoured by Se fertilisation in any studied year. Bread-making wheat is a good candidate to be included in biofortification programs under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions.

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