Selection for high grain number per unit stem length through four generations from mutants in a durum wheat population to increase yields of individual plants and crops

In order to identify genotypes of durum wheat expressing improved yield and determining whether selection for individual plant efficiency in producing grains would improve plant and crop yield, we firstly compared the performance of segregating mutants and control cultivars and then selected divergent lines for number of grains per unit stem length, representing extreme source-sink balances further characterising the offspring lines. Research...