title: High temperature combined with drought affect rainfed spring wheat and barley in South-Eastern Russia: I. Phenology and growth.
abstract: Heat stress, when combined with drought, is one of the major limitations to food production worldwide, especially in areas that use rainfed agriculture. As the world population continues to grow, and water resources for the crop production decline and temperature increases, so the development of heat- and drought-tolerant cultivars is an issue of global concern. In this context, four barley and two wheat genotypes were evaluated in south-eastern Russia to identify heat- and drought-tolerant genotypes for future breeding programmes by identifying suitable sowing times for specific genotypes. High temperature stress, when combined with drought during late sowing, decreased the days to visible awns, days to heading and days to ripe harvest, finally negatively affecting the growth and development of plants and resulting in a lower plant population m(-2), tillers plant(-1), plant height and dry matter production m(-2). On the other hand, low temperature in combination with early sowing increased the number of days to germination, reduced seedling stand establishment and tillering capacity, finally affecting the growth and development of the crops. Compared to overall performance and optimum sowing date, barley genotypes 'Zernograd.770' and 'Nutans', and wheat genotype 'Line4' performed best in both late (high temperature with drought) and early (low temperature) stress conditions.
authors: Institute of Biological Resources, Astrakhan State University, Tatischeva 20a, Hostel: 01, Floor: 05, Flat: 506, Astrakhan City 414056, Russia.
authors: Akbar
authors: A
authors: Hossain
authors: Jaime A
authors: JA
authors: Teixeira da Silva
authors: Marina Viacheslavovna
authors: MV
authors: Lozovskaya
authors: Vacheslav Petrovich
authors: VP
authors: Zvolinsky
keywords: Barley; Drought; High temperature; Russia; Spring wheat
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