Since there has not been a lot of traffic on this list, I'll reply
again.
Paul, thanks for the def's of the GCs for wheat. Actually, I really
wanted Brandon to describe what "Karl"
and "Tonokawa" are...
Maybe because I never knew I was named after a wheat variety :-)
Karl
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>From: Wilkens, Paul W. <[log in to unmask]>[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 8:30 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: CERES-Wheat Coefficients
>
>Hello, Karl
>
>The definition of the wheat genetic coefficients are listed below.
>
>P1V Relative amount that development is slowed for each day of
> unfulfilled vernalization, assuming that 50 days of
> vernalization is sufficient for all cultivars.
>P1D Relative amount that development is slowed when plants are
> grown in a photoperiod 1 hour shorter than the optimum (which
> is considered to be 20 hours).
>P5 Relative grain filling duration based on thermal time (degree
> days above a base temperature of 1 C), where each unit increase
> above zero adds 20 degree days to an initial value of 430
> degree days.
>G1 Kernel number per unit weight of stem (less leaf blades and
> sheaths) plus spike at anthesis (1/g).
>G2 Kernel filling rate under optimum conditions (mg/day).
>G3 Non-stressed dry weight of a single stem (excluding leaf
> blades and sheaths) and spike when elongation ceases (g).
>PHINT Phylochron interval; the interval in thermal time (degree days)
> between successive leaf tip appearances.
>
>Paul
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Schnelle, Karl [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 8:09 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: CERES-Wheat Coefficients
>
>
>And here I thought "Karl Tonkowa" forgot to include the variety names...
> Can you explain what these are, just for the benefit of the non-wheat
>people on the list?
>
>Karl
>Schnelle
>
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>>From: Brandon Claborn[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 7:58 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: CERES-Wheat Coefficients
>>
>>The varieties are "Karl" and "Tonkowa". The row across the top is the
>>variable name for the genetic coefficients.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Brandon Claborn
>>
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