Physiology of tillering in wheat

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the world's leading cereal crop in terms of importance, cultivated area, and global production, which reached approximately 616.8 million tons according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 2006). In Iraq, the cultivated area was 1,539,750 hectares, with a production of 1,832,000 tons and an average yield of 1,190 kg/hectare in 2004 (...