Bearded or Smooth? Awns Improve Yield when Wheat Experiences Heat Stress During Grain Fill
Noah DeWitt, Jeanette H. Lyerly, Mohammed Guedira, James Brendan Holland, Brian Ward, Joseph Paul Murphy, Richard Elmer Boyles, Mohamed Mergoum, Md Ali Babar, Ehsan Shakiba, Russel Sutton, Amir M. H. Ibrahim, Vijay Kumar Tiwari, Nicholas Santantonio, David A. Van Sanford, , Gina Brown‐Guedira
The paper estimates the yield effects of awns in wheat under different environmental conditions over 12 years in the Southeast US, finding awns improve yield in heat-stressed environments.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2023 · PreprintGenetics