“…Heading time and plant height are important traits for wheat production (Borlaug, 1983;Worland et al, 1998;Distelfeld et al, 2009) and key genes such as Ppd-D1, Rht-B1 and Rht-D1 controlling these traits have been characterized at the molecular level. Ppd-D1 encoding a pseudo-response regulator family member (Turner et al, 2005;Beales et al, 2007) is a major regulator of photoperiod response in wheat with also some effect on plant height (Worland et al, 1998), whereas Rht-B1 and Rht-D1 encoding gibberellin response modulators are major regulators of plant height (Peng et al, 1999). The photoperiod-insensitive allele Ppd-D1a promoting early flowering and short growth as well as the gibberellininsensitive alleles Rht-B1b or Rht-D1b promoting semi-dwarf stature are well represented in wheat adapted to temperate zones (Guo et al, 2010;Le Couviour et al, 2011;Seki et al, 2011;Wilhelm et al, 2013a,b).…”