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Juvenile Heat Tolerance in Wheat for Attaining Higher Grain Yield by Shifting to Early Sowing in October in South Asia.
Genes - 18 Nov 2021
Kumar Uttam, Singh Ravi Prakash, Dreisigacker Susanne, Röder Marion S, Crossa Jose, Huerta-Espino Julio, Mondal Suchismita, Crespo-Herrera Leonardo, Singh Gyanendra Pratap, Mishra Chandra Nath, Mavi Gurvinder Singh, Sohu Virinder Singh, Prasad Sakuru Venkata Sai, Naik Rudra, Misra Satish Chandra, Joshi Arun Kumar
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Farmers in northwestern and central India have been exploring to sow their wheat much earlier (October) than normal (November) to sustain productivity by escaping terminal heat stress and to utilize the available soil moisture after the harvesting of rice crop. However, current popular varieties are poorly adapted to early sowing due to the exposure of juvenile plants to the warmer temperatures in the month of...
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