Cereal Research Communications
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Volume 38: Issue 4
Grain yield in wheat as affected by short periods of high temperature, drought and their interaction during pre- and post-anthesis stages
Authors: Vikender Kaur 1 and R. Behl 1
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  • 1 Department of Plant Breeding CCS HAU Department of Botany and Plant Physiology Hisar 125 004 Haryana India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/crc.38.2010.4.8
Page Count:
514–520
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2010
Online Publication Date:
16 Dec 2010
Article Category:
Research Article
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Drought and high temperature are especially considered as key stress factors with high potential impact on crop yield. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of short periods of high temperature, drought and their combination at different growth stages of plant under controlled conditions. The effects of high temperature and drought on grain yield were additive. However, high temperature increased the degree of water stress and the combined effects of drought and high temperature were much more severe than those of each individual treatment. High temperature and drought applied at post- anthesis shortened duration of maturation, grain filling duration and reduced grain yield, mean grain weight, grain number and thousand-grain weight.

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Keywords:
wheat; grain weight; grain number; high temperature; drought; grain yield; test weight

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