
%0 Journal Article
%A Syme, JR 
%T Quantitative control of flowering time in wheat cultivars by vernalization and photoperiod sensitivities
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1973/10/01
%V 24
%N 5
%P 657-665
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9730657
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9730657 
%X Vernalization sensitivity (V) and photoperiod sensitivity (P) were measured in a range of wheat cultivars by the hastening of development brought about by seed vernalization and long-day treatment, respectively. Using multiple linear regression analysis V and P accounted for 77-94 % of cultivar variation in the time from sowing to ear emergence, or to anthesis, over 19 sowings at three sites. From the regression equations, the optimum combination of P and V for adaptation to variable sowing time was estimated. In two cases this was predicted to be a wheat with high V and low P values. Seasonal changes in the coefficients of the multiple regression equations were related to environmental changes in temperatures and photoperiod. 
