“…However, in our study, spikelet tissue temperature measured across all genotypes and both experiments was close to air temperature, by following an established experimental set‐up (i.e., HDT and moderately high relative humidity) wherein VPD is maintained at low levels (Jagadish et al, ; Shi et al, ). Additionally, it has been reported that the tolerant genotype with higher spikelet fertility had higher absolute spikelet tissue temperature compared to susceptible genotype (Coast, Ellis, Murdoch, Quiñones, & Jagadish, ; Shi et al, ). Our study also showed that the spikelet fertility of tolerant check N22 was much higher than that of other genotypes under high‐temperature, with no obvious difference in spikelet tissue temperature between N22 and other genotypes (Tables and ).…”