Wheat is one of the primary staple crops for human beings, and wheat grain is an important raw materials for green organic food and nutritional health food. Endosperm tissue of wheat grain can be divided into endosperm transport cells and storage cells; the former is the key channel for nutrients to enter endosperm and embryo, and the latter is the bulk for grain nutrient accumulation. The developmental state of both is closely related to grain nutritional quality. In this paper, the developmental regularity and their functional mechanisms of endosperm transport cells and storage cells were reviewed, and the endosperm development and its relationship with nutrient quality in wheat grain were summarized, providing the theoretical basis for the cultivation of high yield and quality wheat varieties.

Wheat  /  Endosperm  /  Development  /  Nutrient quality