Crop development: genetic control, environmental modulation and relevance for genetic improvement of crop yield.

SLAFER GA; KANTOLIC A; APPENDINO M L; MIRALLES D J; SAVIN R

Applied Crop Physiology: Boundaries with Genetic Improvement and Agronomy.

Academic Press, Elsevier,

Lugar: Netherland, Holanda; Año: 2009; p. 277 - 308

The aims of this chapter were to provide a general description of the main developmental characteristics of grain crops, including how these characteristics might be linked to yield generation, to describe the major developmental responses to main environmental factors, and the genetic factors that are responsible of these responses. Understanding these elements is important to identify opportunities for improving adaptation, and yield potential.