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RESPONSES OF WHEAT PLANTS UNDER POST-ANTHESIS STRESS INDUCED BY DEFOLIATION: I. CONTRIBUTION OF AGRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS TO GRAIN YIELD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2015

DEJAN DODIG ,
JASNA SAVIĆ ,
VESNA KANDIĆ ,
MIROSLAV ZORIĆ ,
BILJANA VUCELIĆ RADOVIĆ ,
ALEKSANDRA POPOVIĆ  and
STEVE QUARRIE
DEJAN DODIG*
Affiliation:
Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, 1 Slobodana Bajića Street, 11185 Zemun-Belgrade, Serbia
JASNA SAVIĆ
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, 6 Nemanjina Street, 11080 Zemun-Belgrade, Serbia
VESNA KANDIĆ
Affiliation:
Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, 1 Slobodana Bajića Street, 11185 Zemun-Belgrade, Serbia
MIROSLAV ZORIĆ
Affiliation:
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, 30 Maksima Gorkog Street, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
BILJANA VUCELIĆ RADOVIĆ
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, 6 Nemanjina Street, 11080 Zemun-Belgrade, Serbia
ALEKSANDRA POPOVIĆ
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
STEVE QUARRIE
Affiliation:
Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
*
‡Corresponding author. Email: ddodig@mrizp.rs
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Summary

When water stress develops post-anthesis, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants have to rely increasingly on remobilization of previously stored assimilates to maintain grain filling. In two-year field trials, we studied more than 20 agronomic and developmental traits in 61 wheat genotypes (27 F4:5 families, 17 parents used for the crosses and 17 standards), comparing plants that were defoliated (DP) by cutting off all leaf blades 10 days after anthesis with intact control plants (CP). Estimated contributions of stem and sheath assimilate reserves to grain weight/spike were from 10–54% and from 24–84% in CP and DP plants, respectively. Stem-related traits were among key traits determining stem reserve contribution (SRC). The most important genetic variables in differentiating genotypes for stress tolerance were biomass/stem, stem reserves mobilization efficiency and grain filling rate (GFR). Balance among traits related to yield maintenance in DP were more important than their high values. In general F4:5 families (FAM), that had been crossed to combine typical breeding traits such as biomass and yield components, showed better tolerance under moderate stress than standards and parents.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , April 2016 , pp. 203 - 223
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