Fruiting efficiency in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L): Trait response to different growing conditions and its relation to spike dry weight at anthesis and grain weight at harvest

The use of physiological traits for indirect selection may help to increase wheat yield potential. Fruiting efficiency (FE, grain number per unit of spike dry weight at anthesis −SDWa-) may be an alternative to increase grain number per unit area (GN), but the possible cross-over genotype (G) × environment (E) interaction and trade-off with SDWa and grain weight (GW) may limit its usefulness. The present paper aimed to determine (i) the degree...