“…Several other studies, carried out in different parts of the world, have addressed the response of wheat grain weight to changes in source/sink ratios by mechanical or chemical defoliation, grain removal, stand reduction or shading. As a result, a low degree of source limitation in the absence of water stress and other adversities (biotic and abiotic) during grain filling has consistently been reported (Slafer and Savin, 1994;Miralles and Slafer, 1995;Abbate et al, 1997;Cruz-Aguado et al, 1999;Calderini et al, 2006;Lázaro et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2010;Mohammadi, 2012;Saeidi et al, 2012;Abdoli et al, 2013;Serrago et al, 2013;Trujillo-Negrellos et al, 2014;Cantarero et al, 2016). Accordingly, Borrás et al (2004) reappraised an extensive dataset comprising 18 studies published between 1975 and 1995 and examined the response of grain weight to the availability of assimilates during grain filling, finding that wheat grain yield was barely source-limited.…”