A Standardized Method for Determining Tillering Capacity of Wheat Cultivars - American Journal of Plant Sciences

AJPS > Vol.11 No.5, May 2020

American Journal of Plant Sciences

Volume 11, Issue 5 (May 2020)

ISSN Print: 2158-2742 ISSN Online: 2158-2750

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A Standardized Method for Determining Tillering Capacity of Wheat Cultivars ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2020.115046 715 Downloads 2,222 Views Citations

Author(s)

Jordan D. Stanley^1*, Grant H. Mehring², Jochum J. Wiersma³, Joel K. Ransom⁴

Affiliation(s)

¹Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Glyndon, Minnesota, USA.
²WestBred, Bayer Crop Science, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
³Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Crookston, Minnesota, USA.
⁴Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

ABSTRACT

Genotype and agronomic management greatly influence crop growth and grain yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). To ensure sustainable production, seeding rate selection is important to maximize efficiency of every plant. Tillering can allow wheat plants to adjust growth relative to plant density and quality of growing conditions. This research sought to determine a method for assessing tillering of wheat cultivars and develop a standardized approach for characterizing cultivar tillering capacity. Nine cultivars with diverse genetic and phenotypic characteristics were seeded in 2017-2018 at Prosper, ND using various seeding techniques at differing plant spacing arrangements to evaluate tillering habit and spikes plant^-1. Cultivars grown at population densities common in grower fields did not express full tillering potential. Spaced-plantings of cultivars promoted cultivar expression of tillering phenotype. The SOFATT (seed only a few, and then thin) method, where average spikes plant^-1 was determined from multiple plants sampled from a cultivar grown at spaced-plantings (inter-row and intra-row spacing at 30 ± 12 cm), is recommended to properly assess tillering habits of wheat cultivars. Breeders and researchers can use results from SOFATT evaluations to determine tillering capacity rating for each cultivar based on raw or transformed z-score values for spikes plant^-1.

KEYWORDS

Tillering Capacity, Wheat Cultivar, Seeding Density, Plant Spacing, Z-Score

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Stanley, J. , Mehring, G. , Wiersma, J. and Ransom, J. (2020) A Standardized Method for Determining Tillering Capacity of Wheat Cultivars. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 11, 604-625. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2020.115046.

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