A multi-environment trial analysis of frost susceptibility in wheat and barley under australian frost-prone field conditions

A Ferrante, BR Cullis, AB Smith, JA Able - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Low temperatures during the flowering period of cereals can lead to floret sterility, yield
reduction, and economic losses in Australian crops. In order to breed for improved frost …

Yield response to frost in a set of historic wheat varieties

A Ferrante, CM Cossani, JA Able, VO Sadras - Field Crops Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Context Low temperature during the critical period of wheat can cause floret sterility, grain
abortion, yield reduction, and economic losses. Objective We tested the hypothesis that …

Estimating effects of radiation frost on wheat using a field-based frost control treatment to stop freezing damage

BA Leske, TB Biddulph - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crop phenotyping experiments have long struggled to have a reliable control treatment that
excludes frost and associated freezing damage to plants. Previous attempts used a barrier …