Integrated Puncture Score: force–displacement weighted rind penetration tests improve stalk lodging resistance estimations in maize

Abstract Background Stalk lodging (breaking of agricultural plant stalks prior to harvest) is a multi-billion dollar a year problem. Rind penetration resistance tests have been used by plant scientists and breeders to estimate the stalk lodging resistance of maize for nearly a hundred years. However...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Stubbs, Christopher McMahan, Will Seegmiller, Douglas D. Cook, Daniel J. Robertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-020-00654-w