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Crop characteristics and the potential yield of wheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. B. Austin
R. B. Austin
Affiliation:
Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge
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Summary

The potential yield of the best varieties of winter wheat currently grown in eastern England is estimated to be in the range 12–14 t/ha (15% moisture, 10% protein, freshweight basis).

Increases in the leaf area index at anthesis, in the duration of the grain-filling period and in the light-saturated rate of photosynthesis of the leaves, slower decline in their photosynthetic capacity, and decreases in the respiratory losses of assimilated carbon would increase this potential yield. Such changes might be brought about by breeding or by improved agronomic practices.

The grain growth rates predicted by several published simulation models are shown to be in reasonable agreement with each other.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 447 - 453
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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