Environmentally-mediated yield effects of vernalization and photoperiod alleles in historic winter wheat trials
Noah DeWitt, Zachary James Winn, Mohammed Guedira, Jeanette H. Lyerly, Christian Maltecca, Brian Ward, William C. Stafstrom, Md Ali Babar, Nonoy B. Bandillo, Richard Elmer Boyles, Stephen Harrison, Kimberly Howell, R. Esten Mason, Ellen E. Melson, Mohamed Mergoum, , Gina Brown‐Guedira
The paper analyzes historic wheat trials to show how vrn1 and Ppd1 alleles affect yield through environmental interactions, finding that vrn1 effects are more variable than Ppd1 effects.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintGenetics