Department of Wheat Breeding, Krasnodar Lukyanenko Agricultural Research Institute, Krasnodar, Russia 350012.
Studies on dynamics of grain sink at different ontogenesis phases allows differentiating genotypes considering genetic system of dry matter accumulation. It was found that durum wheat varieties display a high level of grain sink size at all stages of grain development.
Dry matter accumulation, adaptivity, grain sink, common wheat, durum wheat