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November 5, 2024
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Phenological Adaptation of Wheat Varieties to Rising Temperatures: Implications for Yield Components and Grain Quality

Publicated to: Plants-Basel. 13 (20): 2929- - 2024-10-18 13(20), DOI: 10.3390/plants13202929

Authors:

Gulino, Davide; Lopes, Marta S
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Affiliations

Cultius Extensius Sostenibles. IRTA Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias - Author
Inst Agrifood Res & Technol IRTA, Sustainable Field Crops Program, Lleida 25198, Spain - Author
Producció Vegetal. IRTA Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias - Author
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of late sowing, water restrictions, and interannual weather variations on wheat grain yield and quality through field trials in Spain over two growing seasons. Delayed sowing and water scarcity significantly reduced yields, with grain quality mainly affected under rainfed conditions. Early-maturing varieties performed better in these conditions, benefiting from lower temperatures and extended grain-filling periods, leading to higher solar radiation interception, potentially increased photosynthetic activity, and improved yields. These varieties also saved water through reduced total cumulative evapotranspiration from sowing to maturity (ETo TOT), which was advantageous in water-limited environments. In contrast, late-maturing varieties were exposed to higher maximum temperatures during grain filling and experienced greater ETo TOT, leading to lower yields, reduced hectoliter weight, and a lower P/L ratio (tenacity/extensibility). This study highlighted the importance of optimizing temperature exposure and evapotranspiration for improved grain yield and quality, especially under climate change conditions with higher temperatures and water shortages. Notably, it established, for the first time, the importance of phenology on wheat quality of different varieties, suggesting that targeted selection for specific phenology could mitigate the negative impacts of heat stress not only on grain yield but also on grain quality.
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Keywords

Climate-changeCropsDroughtHeatHeat-stressImpactsLate sowinNitrogenProteinProtein-compositionTranslocatioWheat grain qualityWinter

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plants-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 45/273, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-05:

  • WoS: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 21 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/3498
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GULINO, DAVIDE) and Last Author (DA SILVA LOPES, MARTA).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been DA SILVA LOPES, MARTA.

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    Awards linked to the item

    This research was funded by the projects: SUSWHEAT, TED2021-131606B-C21 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (NextGeneration funds); the '9866-EMSBLAT-Estrategies de mitigacio de la sequera en la produccio de blat fariner' DEMO project funded by the Departament d'Accio Climatica, Alimentacio i Agenda Rural from the Generalitat de Catalunya; and WheatRes4CC, PID2022-136580OR-I00 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. The funders played no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or manuscript preparation. The Sustainable Field Crops Program at IRTA is an SGR-Cat 2021 Consolidated Research Group recognized and sponsored by the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya) through its AGAUR office. The authors thank the CERCA Program/Generalitat de Catalunya (http://cerca.cat/) for supporting this research.
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