The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects
Heat stress is one of the major concerns for wheat production worldwide. Morphological parameters such as germination, leaf area, shoot, and root growth are affected by heat stress, with affected physiological parameters including photosynthesis, respiration, and water relation. Heat stress also lea...
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| description | Heat stress is one of the major concerns for wheat production worldwide. Morphological parameters such as germination, leaf area, shoot, and root growth are affected by heat stress, with affected physiological parameters including photosynthesis, respiration, and water relation. Heat stress also leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species that disrupt the membrane systems of thylakoids, chloroplasts, and the plasma membrane. The deactivation of the photosystems, reduction in photosynthesis, and inactivation of Rubisco affect the production of photo-assimilates and their allocation, consequently resulting in reduced grain yield and quality. The development of thermo-tolerant wheat varieties is the most efficient and fundamental approach for coping with global warming. This review provides a comprehensive overview of various aspects related to heat stress tolerance in wheat, including damages caused by heat stress, mechanisms of heat stress tolerance, genes or QTLs regulating heat stress tolerance, and the methodologies of breeding wheat cultivars with high heat stress tolerance. Such insights are essential for developing thermo-tolerant wheat cultivars with high yield potential in response to an increasingly warmer environment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e3638ca3d8e4abdab7fc2559fee5e622025-01-24T13:46:30ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472025-01-0114214810.3390/plants14020148The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and ProspectsYuling Zheng0Zhenyu Cai1Zheng Wang2Tagarika Munyaradzi Maruza3Guoping Zhang4Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaKey Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaKey Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaKey Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaKey Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaHeat stress is one of the major concerns for wheat production worldwide. Morphological parameters such as germination, leaf area, shoot, and root growth are affected by heat stress, with affected physiological parameters including photosynthesis, respiration, and water relation. Heat stress also leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species that disrupt the membrane systems of thylakoids, chloroplasts, and the plasma membrane. The deactivation of the photosystems, reduction in photosynthesis, and inactivation of Rubisco affect the production of photo-assimilates and their allocation, consequently resulting in reduced grain yield and quality. The development of thermo-tolerant wheat varieties is the most efficient and fundamental approach for coping with global warming. This review provides a comprehensive overview of various aspects related to heat stress tolerance in wheat, including damages caused by heat stress, mechanisms of heat stress tolerance, genes or QTLs regulating heat stress tolerance, and the methodologies of breeding wheat cultivars with high heat stress tolerance. Such insights are essential for developing thermo-tolerant wheat cultivars with high yield potential in response to an increasingly warmer environment.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/2/148climate changeheat stresswheatgenetic basisthermo-tolerant genebreeding |
| spellingShingle | Yuling Zheng Zhenyu Cai Zheng Wang Tagarika Munyaradzi Maruza Guoping Zhang The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects Plants climate change heat stress wheat genetic basis thermo-tolerant gene breeding |
| title | The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects |
| title_full | The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects |
| title_fullStr | The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects |
| title_short | The Genetics and Breeding of Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Advances and Prospects |
| title_sort | genetics and breeding of heat stress tolerance in wheat advances and prospects |
| topic | climate change heat stress wheat genetic basis thermo-tolerant gene breeding |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/2/148 |
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