Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprint
Defining critical drivers of cross-pollination for better hybrid grain set in wheat
Deepak Kumar, Monika Spiller, Laurent Gouere, Thorsten Schnurbusch
The paper identifies key floral and reproductive traits that influence cross-pollination efficiency in wheat, showing that combined trait analysis explains more variation in hybrid grain set than visual anther extrusion alone.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.01.729316