Incorporating a chronology response into the prediction of leaf appearance rate in winter wheat.

ABSTRACT: The prediction of leaf appearance rate (LAR) is an important part of many crop simulation models. Most wheat simulations models assume that LAR is affected by temperature and photoperiod. This assumption ignores the fact that seed reserves contribute to a greater LAR of the first two leaves and that the LAR of subsequent leaves decreases as a result of an increase in the distance that each leaf primordium must extend before it appears. The objective of this study was to develop a generalized LAR chronology response function [f(C)] for wheat that takes into account seed reserves and the increasing distance from the meristem to the whorl for later appearing leaves. This chronology response function was then incorporated into an existing LAR model [Wang and Engel (WE) model; Wang and Engel, 1

SUBMITTER: Streck NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4243645 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature