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GrainGenes Reference Report: PGR-40-201

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Reference
PGR-40-201
Title
Differential responses of BA injection on yield and specific grain growth in contrasting genotypes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Journal
Plant Growth Regulation
Year
2003
Volume
40
Pages
201-205
Author
Gupta NK
Gupta S
Shukla DS
Deshmukh PS
Abstract
Summary: The effect of exogenous cytokinin (benzyladenine) was investigated on location specific grains in three contrasting wheat genotypes tolerant or susceptible to post anthesis high temperature conditions. Seeds were sown in earthen pots under natural environment in November and January for normal and late sowings, respectively. Grain weight was increased by the application of benzyladenine at anthesis under late sown stress only in those genotypes, which are known, to posses temperature tolerance in developing grains. However, under normal sowing conditions BA application was effective irrespective of genotype response to late sown stress. The effect was most visible in distal spikelets in the spike and distal grains in the spikelet which resulted in higher increment in weight of younger grains (c and d) as compared to older grains (a and b). It has been suggested that the responsiveness of the genotype to BA application under late sown stress is important and may be developed as an indicator to screen wheat genotypes for relative tolerance to late sown stress under irrigated conditions
Keyword
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benzyladenine
crop yield
cytokinin
environment
genetic variation
growth
heat stress
heat tolerance
high temperature
injection
irrigated conditions
irrigated farming
plant growth
responses
seed
seed development
sowing
sowing date
stress
temperature
temperature tolerance
tolerance
triticum
triticum aestivum
wheat genotypes
winter wheat
yield

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