Using a novel PLS approach for envirotyping of barley phenology and adaptation

Improving grain yield and adaptation is achieved by synchronising crop phenology with the environment. Phenology research is complex and encounters analytical challenges in characterising genotype x environment (GxE) interactions. This paper presents a simple approach that helps to explain the environmental drivers of phenology. Photoperiod and temperature are major environmental cues for expression of crop developmental genes, and sensitivity...