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GrainGenes Reference Report: JAS-141-149

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Reference	JAS-141-149
Title	Earliness per se and its dependence upon temperature in diploid wheat lines differing in the major gene Eps-A(m)1 alleles
Journal	Journal of Agricultural Science
Year	2003
Volume	141
Pages	149-154
Author	Appendino ML Slafer GA
Abstract	Summary: Differences in development among wheat cultivars are not only restricted to photoperiod and vernalization responses. When both requirements are fully satisfied differences may still arise due to earliness per se. It is not clear at present to what extent this trait is 'intrinsically' expressed (a constitutive trait) independently of the environmental conditions so that it might be selected under any thermal condition or if it may be altered to the extent of showing a crossover interaction with temperature in which the ranking of wheat genotypes may be altered. The present study assessed the influence of temperature on the intrinsic earliness for lines of diploid wheat characterized for their differences in a major gene for intrinsic earliness, but also possibly differing in their genetic background for other factors controlling this polygenic trait. To do so the lines were grown individually in two temperature regimes (16 and 23(degree)C) under long days having previously been fully vernalized. Multiple comparisons analyses were carried out among lines of the same allelic group for the Eps-Am1 gene. Results indicated that within each group there were lines that did not differ in their earliness per se, others differed but without exhibiting any line x temperature interaction and finally different types of interaction were shown, including cases where the ranking of lines was altered depending on the growing temperature. It is thus possible that the selection of a genotype based on its earliness per se in an environment might not represent the same performance in another location where temperature varied significantly
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 19 ] adaptability difference diploid diploid wheat ear-emergence environment factor flowering time gene intrinsic earliness per-se performance phasic development photoperiod responses selection so temperature vernalization

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