Simulating plant height for different height classes of winter wheat (tall, tall semi-dwarf, semi-dwarf, short semi-dwarf)
in different environments can serve as a prototype system to
demonstrate how genetic information can be utilized by modifying existing simulation models. Plant height is influenced by major
genes that are discrete and well characterized genetically and phenotypically.Althoughplantheightisacomplextrait,itisfarsimpler
thanmanyothertraits.Plantheightisalsoeasytoquantify.Thegoal
of this effort was to simulate plant height in winter wheat across
a range of environments in Nebraska using genetic information in
conjunction with a plant height algorithm