Synergistic Improvement of Wheat Yield and Quality: Physiological Mechanisms, Cultivation Strategies and Climate Adaptation

A special issue of Annals of Agri-bio Research (ISSN 2982-3374).

Submission Deadline：31 August 2027

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MARA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Special Issue Information

Wheat is one of the most crucial staple cereals worldwide, supporting global food security and the food-processing industry. A well-known physiological trade-off generally exists between grain yield and grain quality, making simultaneous enhancement of both targets a long-standing challenge in wheat production. Pursuing high yield alone may cause declines in protein content and processing properties, whereas excessive inputs for quality improvement may restrict grain output, reduce resource-use efficiency, and raise environmental risks.

Breaking this yield–quality trade-off relies on a better understanding of the physiological mechanisms underlying yield and quality formation, together with optimized and sustainable field cultivation strategies. Rational sowing date, planting density, water–nitrogen coupling, fertilizer management, and late-stage nutrient regulation can reshape source–sink–flow relationships, coordinate post-anthesis dry-matter accumulation and nitrogen allocation toward grains, and promote synergistic gains in productivity and end-use quality. In addition, improving water and nutrient use efficiency and adapting cultivation practices to drought, heat, temperature variability, and other climate-related stresses are increasingly important for sustainable wheat production.

This Special Issue aims to bring together recent advances in the physiological mechanisms, agronomic practices, and adaptive strategies that contribute to the coordinated improvement of wheat yield and quality. Studies addressing yield and quality formation, nutrient and water management, resource-use efficiency, grain filling and nitrogen remobilization, cultivation practices, abiotic stress responses, climate change adaptation, and sustainable high-yield and high-quality wheat production are particularly welcome. The topic will provide theoretical insights and practical references for developing productive, resource-efficient, climate-resilient, and high-quality wheat production systems.

Keywords: Wheat yield and quality; High-yield and high-quality wheat; Quality formation mechanisms; Crop physiology; Nutrient and water management; Resource-use efficiency; Abiotic stress; Climate change adaptation; Sustainable wheat production

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