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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 706-714 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nature plants |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 17 Jun 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2019 |
Abstract
The world cropping area for wheat exceeds that of any other crop, and high grain yields in intensive wheat cropping systems are essential for global food security. Breeding has raised yields dramatically in high-input production systems; however, selection under optimal growth conditions is widely believed to diminish the adaptive capacity of cultivars to less optimal cropping environments. Here, we demonstrate, in a large-scale study spanning five decades of wheat breeding progress in western Europe, where grain yields are among the highest worldwide, that breeding for high performance in fact enhances cultivar performance not only under optimal production conditions but also in production systems with reduced agrochemical inputs. New cultivars incrementally accumulated genetic variants conferring favourable effects on key yield parameters, disease resistance, nutrient use efficiency, photosynthetic efficiency and grain quality. Combining beneficial, genome-wide haplotypes could help breeders to more efficiently exploit available genetic variation, optimizing future yield potential in more sustainable production systems.
Keywords
- Agrochemicals/analysis, Genome, Plant, Haplotypes, Photosynthesis, Plant Breeding, Seeds/chemistry, Triticum/drug effects
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Plant Science
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In: Nature plants, Vol. 5, No. 7, 07.2019, p. 706-714.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Breeding improves wheat productivity under contrasting agrochemical input levels
AU - Voss-Fels, Kai P.
AU - Stahl, Andreas
AU - Wittkop, Benjamin
AU - Lichthardt, Carolin
AU - Nagler, Sabrina
AU - Rose, Till
AU - Chen, Tsu Wei
AU - Zetzsche, Holger
AU - Seddig, Sylvia
AU - Majid Baig, Mirza
AU - Ballvora, Agim
AU - Frisch, Matthias
AU - Ross, Elizabeth
AU - Hayes, Ben J.
AU - Hayden, Matthew J.
AU - Ordon, Frank
AU - Leon, Jens
AU - Kage, Henning
AU - Friedt, Wolfgang
AU - Stützel, Hartmut
AU - Snowdon, Rod J.
N1 - Funding Information: Funding for this study was provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) grant 031A354. Additional acknowledgements are provided in the Supplementary Information.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - The world cropping area for wheat exceeds that of any other crop, and high grain yields in intensive wheat cropping systems are essential for global food security. Breeding has raised yields dramatically in high-input production systems; however, selection under optimal growth conditions is widely believed to diminish the adaptive capacity of cultivars to less optimal cropping environments. Here, we demonstrate, in a large-scale study spanning five decades of wheat breeding progress in western Europe, where grain yields are among the highest worldwide, that breeding for high performance in fact enhances cultivar performance not only under optimal production conditions but also in production systems with reduced agrochemical inputs. New cultivars incrementally accumulated genetic variants conferring favourable effects on key yield parameters, disease resistance, nutrient use efficiency, photosynthetic efficiency and grain quality. Combining beneficial, genome-wide haplotypes could help breeders to more efficiently exploit available genetic variation, optimizing future yield potential in more sustainable production systems.
AB - The world cropping area for wheat exceeds that of any other crop, and high grain yields in intensive wheat cropping systems are essential for global food security. Breeding has raised yields dramatically in high-input production systems; however, selection under optimal growth conditions is widely believed to diminish the adaptive capacity of cultivars to less optimal cropping environments. Here, we demonstrate, in a large-scale study spanning five decades of wheat breeding progress in western Europe, where grain yields are among the highest worldwide, that breeding for high performance in fact enhances cultivar performance not only under optimal production conditions but also in production systems with reduced agrochemical inputs. New cultivars incrementally accumulated genetic variants conferring favourable effects on key yield parameters, disease resistance, nutrient use efficiency, photosynthetic efficiency and grain quality. Combining beneficial, genome-wide haplotypes could help breeders to more efficiently exploit available genetic variation, optimizing future yield potential in more sustainable production systems.
KW - Agrochemicals/analysis
KW - Genome, Plant
KW - Haplotypes
KW - Photosynthesis
KW - Plant Breeding
KW - Seeds/chemistry
KW - Triticum/drug effects
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U2 - 10.1038/s41477-019-0445-5
DO - 10.1038/s41477-019-0445-5
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VL - 5
SP - 706
EP - 714
JO - Nature plants
JF - Nature plants
SN - 2055-0278
IS - 7
ER -