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Heat Stress in Wheat during Reproductive and Grain-Filling Phases
- Source :
- Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 30:491-507
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2011.
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Abstract
- Ambient temperatures have increased since the beginning of the century and are predicted to continue rising under climate change. Such increases in temperature can cause heat stress: a severe threat to wheat production in many countries, particularly when it occurs during reproductive and grain-filling phases. Heat stress reduces plant photosynthetic capacity through metabolic limitations and oxidative damage to chloroplasts, with concomitant reductions in dry matter accumulation and grain yield. Genotypes expressing heat shock proteins are better able to withstand heat stress as they protect proteins from heat-induced damage. Heat tolerance can be improved by selecting and developing wheat genotypes with heat resistance. Wheat pre-breeding and breeding may be based on secondary traits like membrane stability, photosynthetic rate and grain weight under heat stress. Nonetheless, improvement in grain yield under heat stress implies selecting genotypes for grain size and rate of grain filling. Integrating ph...
Details
- ISSN :
- 15497836 and 07352689
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1ef7971df1628c196c0488523b6efe24