For most economically important plant species, yield is the primary focus of crop
improvement, as increasing it increases the amount of food that can be obtained from a
production system by human activity. Growers of soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum
L.) receive a return on investment in proportion to their per-acre yield, given that harvested
grain meets quality standards. Yield is also genetically complex, integrating information on
interactions between genotype and environment that occur over the course of a growing
season. Yield relates to the total accumulated and reallocated resources obtained by plants
over the course of their lives, and any factors that affect any aspect of plant growth and
development will also affect yield. These complex interactions between genetic variation
and environmental variation are difficult to untangle. By understanding important parts of
those interactions, breeders and geneticists may better develop cultivars that maximize
performance across a range of possible environmental conditions.
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Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
USDA-ARS SEA, Plant Science Research, Raleigh, NC, USA
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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