Background: In breeding programs, the selection of cultivars with the highest yield potential consisted in the selection of the yield per se, which resulted in cultivars with higher grains per spike (GN) and occasionally ...

Wheat grain yield is often associated with grain number/m2. Spike fertility (SF), i.e. the quotient between grain number and spike chaff dry weight, is a major component of grain number/m2 determination. Several methodologies ...

Fruiting efficiency (FE, grains per g of spike dry weight at anthesis) was proposed as a promising spike trait to improve wheat yield potential, based on its functional relationship with grain number determination and the ...

Further improvements to wheat yield potential will be essential to meet future food demand. As yield is related to the number of fertile florets and grains, an understanding of the basis of their generation is instrumental ...

Spike fruiting efficiency (FE), defined as grains per unit of spike dry weight at anthesis (SDWa) is a promising trait for improving grain number (GN) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). It is often estimated at maturity as ...

tThe use of physiological traits for indirect selection may help to increase wheat yield potential. Fruitingefficiency (FE, grain number per unit of spike dry weight at anthesis −SDWa-) may be an alternativeto increase ...

Here we have generated 3D structures of glycoforms of the spike (S) glycoprotein from SARS-CoV-2, based on reported 3D structures and glycomics data for the protein produced in HEK293 cells. We also analyze structures ...

In wheat, grain number is considered as the product of spike dry weight (SDW) and the number of grains per unit of SDW, that is an indicator of spike fertility (SF). The aim of this study was to determine the heritability ...

A better understanding of the effects of different source?sink ratio during the grain filling period on grain growth may be relevant in order to further increase cereal grain yield. The main objective of the present work ...