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THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON GRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN BARLEY AT AN UPLAND SITE
Author(s) -
PRINCE S. D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1976.tb01473.x
Subject(s) - agronomy , altitude (triangle) , latitude , poaceae , environmental science , biology , geography , mathematics , geodesy , geometry
SUMMARY Barley grown at an upland site in the Pennines (Malham) produced grains that were smaller than those of plants grown at the same latitude, but 300 m lower altitude (Lancaster) and at a site in the region of commercial barley production (Cambridge). Grain development occurred 1 month later in the upland climatic conditions. The physiology of grain‐development was investigated and a climatic effect on the capacity of the grains to accept assimilates is suggested as the cause of lower grain‐weight at the upland site.