Agronomic and Physiological Traits, and Associated Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Affecting Yield Response in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): A Review

QTL analysis of wheat kernel traits, and genetic effects of qKW-6A on kernel width

(2019) Weiguo Chen et al.   EUPHYTICA

Response of selected drought tolerant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for agronomic traits and biochemical markers under drought-stressed and non-stressed conditions

(2019) Sonto Silindile Mkhabela et al.   ACTA AGRICULTURAE SCANDINAVICA SECTION B-SOIL AND PLANT SCIENCE

Discovering consensus genomic regions in wheat for root-related traits by QTL meta-analysis

(2019) Jose Miguel Soriano et al.   Scientific Reports

Wheat Yield Improvements in Brazil: Roles of Genetics and Environment

(2018) Elesandro Bornhofen et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic Gains for Grain Yield in CIMMYT’s Semi-Arid Wheat Yield Trials Grown in Suboptimal Environments

(2018) L. A. Crespo-Herrera et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Selection for high spike fertility index increases genetic progress in grain yield and stability in bread wheat

(2018) M. P. Alonso et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genetic gains in NSW wheat cultivars from 1901 to 2014 as revealed from synchronous flowering during the optimum period

(2018) B.M. Flohr et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

The combination of dwarfing genes Rht4 and Rht8 reduced plant height, improved yield traits of rainfed bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)

(2018) Yingying Du et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genetic progress in Argentine bread wheat varieties released between 1918 and 2011: Changes in physiological and numerical yield components

(2018) Patricio Javier Lo Valvo et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Canopy temperature depression at grain filling correlates to winter wheat yield in the U.S. Southern High Plains

(2018) Sushil Thapa et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

QTL for stay-green traits in wheat in well-watered and water-limited environments

(2018) Mandy Christopher et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Milling, processing and end-use quality traits of CIMMYT spring bread wheat germplasm under drought and heat stress

(2018) Nayelli Hernández-Espinosa et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effects of Vrn-B1 and Ppd-D1 on developmental and agronomic traits in Rht5 dwarf plants of bread wheat

(2018) Liang Chen et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effect of Ppd-1 photoperiod sensitivity genes on dry matter production and allocation in durum wheat

(2018) Conxita Royo et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Dynamics of leaf and spikelet primordia initiation in wheat as affected by Ppd-1a alleles under field conditions

(2018) Helga Ochagavía et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Analysis of the functions of TaGW2 homoeologs in wheat grain weight and protein content traits

(2018) Yi Zhang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Rht8 gene as an alternate dwarfing gene in elite Indian spring wheat cultivars

(2018) Gomti Grover et al.   PLoS One

QTL mapping of flag leaf-related traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2018) Kaiye Liu et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genome-wide linkage mapping of yield-related traits in three Chinese bread wheat populations using high-density SNP markers

(2018) Faji Li et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

The early flowering trait of an emmer wheat accession (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. dicoccum) is associated with the cis-element of the Vrn-A3 locus

(2018) Kazusa Nishimura et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Identification and characterization of Rht25, a locus on chromosome arm 6AS affecting wheat plant height, heading time, and spike development

(2018) Youngjun Mo et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Phenotypic and genetic analysis of spike and kernel characteristics in wheat reveals long-term genetic trends of grain yield components

(2018) Tobias Würschum et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Post-green revolution genetic advance in durum wheat: The case of Spain

(2018) Fadia Chairi et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Accumulation of water-soluble carbohydrates and gene expression in wheat stems correlates with drought resistance

(2018) Junfeng Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Variance components and heritability of traits related to root: shoot biomass allocation and drought tolerance in wheat

(2018) I. Mathew et al.   EUPHYTICA

QTL for flag leaf size and their influence on yield-related traits in wheat

(2018) Chunhua Zhao et al.   EUPHYTICA

Grain yield responsiveness to water supply in near-isogenic reduced-tillering wheat lines – An engineered crop trait near its upper limit

(2018) Alireza Houshmandfar et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

A field and controlled environment evaluation of wheat (Triticum aestivum) adaptation to heat stress

(2018) Paul Telfer et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

QTL identification and KASP marker development for productive tiller and fertile spikelet numbers in two high-yielding hard white spring wheat cultivars

(2018) Rui Wang et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

The Photoperiod-Insensitive Allele Ppd-D1a Promotes Earlier Flowering in Rht12 Dwarf Plants of Bread Wheat

(2018) Liang Chen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Association mapping reveals loci associated with multiple traits that affect grain yield and adaptation in soft winter wheat

(2017) Dennis N. Lozada et al.   EUPHYTICA

Identification of heat tolerant wheat lines showing genetic variation in leaf respiration and other physiological traits

(2017) R. Suzuky Pinto et al.   EUPHYTICA

Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat

(2017) Matthew P. Reynolds et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genetic gains for physiological traits associated with yield in soft red winter wheat in the Eastern United States from 1919 to 2009

(2017) Maria Balota et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Dwarfing genes Rht4 and Rht-B1b affect plant height and key agronomic traits in common wheat under two water regimes

(2017) Yuxiu Liu et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Evaluation of historic Australian wheat varieties reveals increased grain yield and changes in senescence patterns but limited adaptation to tillage systems

(2017) Onesmus M. Kitonyo et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genetic improvement of grain quality traits for CIMMYT semi-dwarf spring bread wheat varieties developed during 1965–2015: 50 years of breeding

(2017) Carlos Guzmán et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Mapping QTLs associated with agronomic and physiological traits under terminal drought and heat stress conditions in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2017) Sirous Tahmasebi et al.   GENOME

Identification of QTL for flag leaf length in common wheat and their pleiotropic effects

(2017) Yaxi Liu et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

QTL mapping for yield and photosynthetic related traits under different water regimes in wheat

(2017) Yun-Feng Xu et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

A modern Green Revolution gene for reduced height in wheat

(2017) Tobias Würschum et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Genome-wide association study for agronomic and physiological traits in spring wheat evaluated in a range of heat prone environments

(2017) Francis C. Ogbonnaya et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic analysis of multi-environmental spring wheat trials identifies genomic regions for locus-specific trade-offs for grain weight and grain number

(2017) Sivakumar Sukumaran et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

QTL mapping for nine drought-responsive agronomic traits in bread wheat under irrigated and rain-fed environments

(2017) Vijay Gahlaut et al.   PLoS One

QTLs for root traits at mid-tillering and for root and shoot traits at maturity in a RIL population of spring bread wheat grown under well-watered conditions

(2016) B. Ehdaie et al.   EUPHYTICA

Grain yield, adaptation and progress in breeding for early-maturing and heat-tolerant wheat lines in South Asia

(2016) S. Mondal et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Progress in genetic improvement of grain yield and related physiological traits of Chinese wheat in Henan Province

(2016) Yu Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Leaf photosynthesis and associations with grain yield, biomass and nitrogen-use efficiency in landraces, synthetic-derived lines and cultivars in wheat

(2016) Oorbessy Gaju et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Ancestral QTL alleles from wild emmer wheat improve grain yield, biomass and photosynthesis across enviroinments in modern wheat

(2016) Lianne Merchuk-Ovnat et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Identification and validation of novel low-tiller number QTL in common wheat

(2016) Zhiqiang Wang et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

QTLs Associated with Agronomic Traits in the Cutler × AC Barrie Spring Wheat Mapping Population Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphic Markers

(2016) Enid Perez-Lara et al.   PLoS One

Heat Stress Adaptation in Elite Lines Derived from Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat

(2015) C. Mariano Cossani et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Meta-Analysis of Wheat QTL Regions Associated with Adaptation to Drought and Heat Stress

(2015) M. Andrea Acuña-Galindo et al.   CROP SCIENCE

The Physiological Basis of the Genetic Progress in Yield Potential of CIMMYT Spring Wheat Cultivars from 1966 to 2009

(2015) K. A. B. Aisawi et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Mapping QTLs associated with root traits using two different populations in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2015) Muhammad Rezaul Kabir et al.   EUPHYTICA

QTL mapping of flag leaf traits in common wheat using an integrated high-density SSR and SNP genetic linkage map

(2015) Qiuhong Wu et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genetic variation for flowering time and height reducing genes and important traits in western Canadian spring wheat

(2015) Hua Chen et al.   EUPHYTICA

Does a freely tillering wheat cultivar benefit more from elevated CO2 than a restricted tillering cultivar in a water-limited environment?

(2015) Sabine Tausz-Posch et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Integrated selection criteria for drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding programs using discriminant analysis

(2015) R. Abdolshahi et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Wheat yield improvements in China: Past trends and future directions

(2015) Xiaoliang Qin et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Comparing the effects of GA-responsive dwarfing genes Rht13 and Rht8 on plant height and some agronomic traits in common wheat

(2015) Yushen Wang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effects of the GA-responsive dwarfing gene Rht18 from tetraploid wheat on agronomic traits of common wheat

(2015) Zhiyuan Yang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

QTLs for flag leaf size and their influence on yield-related traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2015) Xiaoli Fan et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Low contribution of photosynthesis and water-use efficiency to improvement of grain yield in Chinese wheat

(2015) X. Chen et al.   PHOTOSYNTHETICA

Common genetic basis for canopy temperature depression under heat and drought stress associated with optimized root distribution in bread wheat

(2015) R. Suzuky Pinto et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic control of plant height in European winter wheat cultivars

(2015) Tobias Würschum et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Morphological, physiological and yield responses of durum wheat to pre-anthesis water-deficit stress are genotype-dependent

(2015) Haipei Liu et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Genome-Wide Linkage Mapping of QTL for Yield Components, Plant Height and Yield-Related Physiological Traits in the Chinese Wheat Cross Zhou 8425B/Chinese Spring

(2015) Fengmei Gao et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Global Transcriptome Analysis and Identification of the Flowering Regulatory Genes Expressed in Leaves of Lagerstroemia indica

(2014) Zhenyu Zhang et al.   DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY

Historical analysis of the effects of breeding on the height of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and consequences for lodging

(2014) P. M. Berry et al.   EUPHYTICA

QTLs for uppermost internode and spike length in two wheat RIL populations and their affect upon plant height at an individual QTL level

(2014) Ma Yu et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genetic gain in yield and changes associated with physiological traits in Brazilian wheat during the 20th century

(2014) Eduardo Beche et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Genetic effect of dwarfing gene Rht13 compared with Rht-D1b on plant height and some agronomic traits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2014) Yushen Wang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Changes in the yield and associated photosynthetic traits of dry-land winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from the 1940s to the 2010s in Shaanxi Province of China

(2014) Yingying Sun et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effect of Vrn-1, Ppd-1 genes and earliness per se on heading time in Argentinean bread wheat cultivars

(2014) D. Gomez et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Canopy architectural and physiological characterization of near-isogenic wheat lines differing in the tiller inhibition gene tin

(2014) Carina Moeller et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Flowering time control in European winter wheat

(2014) Simon M. Langer et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genetic Yield Potential Improvement of Semidwarf Winter Wheat in the Great Plains

(2013) Sarah D. Battenfield et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Breeding for Yield Potential has Increased Deep Soil Water Extraction Capacity in Irrigated Wheat

(2013) A. J. D. Pask et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic changes in agronomic and phenologic traits of Iranian wheat cultivars grown in different environmental conditions

(2013) Mehdi Joudi et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genetic progress in wheat yield and associated traits in China since 1945 and future prospects

(2013) Wei Wu et al.   EUPHYTICA

Combining high grain number and weight through a DH-population to improve grain yield potential of wheat in high-yielding environments

(2013) Daniela V. Bustos et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genetic effects of dwarfing gene Rht-5 on agronomic traits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and QTL analysis on its linked traits

(2013) Bachir Goudia Daoura et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Nitrogen partitioning and remobilization in relation to leaf senescence, grain yield and grain nitrogen concentration in wheat cultivars

(2013) Oorbessy Gaju et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Quantification of the effects of VRN1 and Ppd-D1 to predict spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) heading time across diverse environments

(2013) Bangyou Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Identification of QTLs associated with seedling root traits and their correlation with plant height in wheat

(2013) Caihong Bai et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Earliness per se QTLs and their interaction with the photoperiod insensitive allele Ppd-D1a in the Cutler × AC Barrie spring wheat population

(2013) A. Kamran et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Plasticity of wheat grain yield is associated with plasticity of ear number

(2013) V. O. Sadras et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Genetic Progress in Winter Wheat Cultivars released in Chile from 1920 to 2000

(2013) Iván Matus et al.   Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

Genetic Gains for Grain Yield in CIMMYT Spring Bread Wheat across International Environments

(2012) R. C. Sharma et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic Yield Improvement in Soft Red Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States from 1919 to 2009

(2012) Andrew J. Green et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Evaluation of Near-Isogenic Lines for Three Height-Reducing Genes in Hard Red Spring Wheat

(2012) S. P. Lanning et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic Yield Gains of the CIMMYT International Semi-Arid Wheat Yield Trials from 1994 to 2010

(2012) Y. Manès et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic Yield Gains and Changes in Associated Traits of CIMMYT Spring Bread Wheat in a “Historic” Set Representing 30 Years of Breeding

(2012) M. S. Lopes et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Phenotypic Effects of the Flowering Gene Complex in Canadian Spring Wheat Germplasm

(2012) Atif Kamran et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Reduced height genes and their importance in winter wheat cultivars grown in southern Russia

(2012) M. G. Divashuk et al.   EUPHYTICA

A study of genetic progress due to selection reveals a negative effect of climate change on bread wheat yield in France

(2012) François-Xavier Oury et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Nitrogen and water-use efficiency of Australian wheat varieties released between 1958 and 2007

(2012) V.O. Sadras et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Evaluation of 14 morphological, yield-related and physiological traits as indicators of drought tolerance in Chinese winter bread wheat revealed by analysis of the membership function value of drought tolerance (MFVD)

(2012) Xiaojie Chen et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Differences in yield physiology between modern, well adapted durum wheat cultivars grown under contrasting conditions

(2012) Ariel Ferrante et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

A multisite managed environment facility for targeted trait and germplasm phenotyping

(2012) Greg J. Rebetzke et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Stay-green in spring wheat can be determined by spectral reflectance measurements (normalized difference vegetation index) independently from phenology

(2012) Marta S. Lopes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Achieving yield gains in wheat

(2012) MATTHEW REYNOLDS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Physiological Traits for Improving Heat Tolerance in Wheat

(2012) C. M. Cossani et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic Insight into Yield-Associated Traits of Wheat Grown in Multiple Rain-Fed Environments

(2012) Xianshan Wu et al.   PLoS One

QTL for yield and associated traits in the Seri/Babax population grown across several environments in Mexico, in the West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia regions

(2012) Marta S. Lopes et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Evaluation of a reduced-tillering (tin) gene in wheat lines grown across different production environments

(2012) J. H. Mitchell et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Genetic Gains in Grain Yield and Physiological Traits of Winter Wheat in Shandong Province, China, from 1969 to 2006

(2011) Y. G. Xiao et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Effects of genetic improvements on grain yield and agronomic traits of winter wheat in the Yangtze River Basin of China

(2011) Zhongwei Tian et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

The Rht13 dwarfing gene reduces peduncle length and plant height to increase grain number and yield of wheat

(2011) G.J. Rebetzke et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genetic gains in grain yield, net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance achieved in Henan Province of China between 1981 and 2008

(2011) T.C. Zheng et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Combining gibberellic acid-sensitive and insensitive dwarfing genes in breeding of higher-yielding, sesqui-dwarf wheats

(2011) G.J. Rebetzke et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Height reduction and agronomic performance for selected gibberellin-responsive dwarfing genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2011) G.J. Rebetzke et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Major quantitative trait loci for seminal root morphology of wheat seedlings

(2011) Yongzhe Ren et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Novel QTLs for growth angle of seminal roots in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2011) Alhosein Hamada et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Identification of quantitative trait loci for productive tiller number and its relationship to agronomic traits in spring wheat

(2011) Y. Naruoka et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic gain in yield and associated changes in phenotype, trait plasticity and competitive ability of South Australian wheat varieties released between 1958 and 2007

(2011) Victor O. Sadras et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Genetic gains for grain yield in high latitude spring wheat grown in Western Siberia in 1900–2008

(2010) A. Morgounov et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Why are wheat yields stagnating in Europe? A comprehensive data analysis for France

(2010) Nadine Brisson et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Partitioning of assimilates to deeper roots is associated with cooler canopies and increased yield under drought in wheat

(2010) Marta S. Lopes et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Fine Mapping a Major QTL for Root Morphology in Wheat

(2010) Yongzhe Ren et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Raising yield potential of wheat. II. Increasing photosynthetic capacity and efficiency

(2010) M. A. J. Parry et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Reanalyses of the historical series of UK variety trials to quantify the contributions of genetic and environmental factors to trends and variability in yield over time

(2010) I. Mackay et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic analysis of grain yield and leaf chlorophyll content in common wheat

(2009) K. Zhang et al.   CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Grain number and grain weight in wheat lines contrasting for stem water soluble carbohydrate concentration

(2009) M. Fernanda Dreccer et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Quantitative trait loci for water-soluble carbohydrates and associations with agronomic traits in wheat

(2008) G. J. Rebetzke et al.  

Translational research impacting on crop productivity in drought-prone environments

(2008) Matthew Reynolds et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Wild emmer: genetic resources, gene mapping and potential for wheat improvement

(2008) Weilong Xie et al.   EUPHYTICA

Wheat genetic resources enhancement by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

(2008) Rodomiro Ortiz et al.   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

Genomic regions for yield and yield parameters in Chinese winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes tested under varying environments correspond to QTL in widely different wheat materials

(2008) Lin Hai et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Physiological bases of genetic gains in Mediterranean bread wheat yield in Spain

(2007) Martín M. Acreche et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY