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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | Plant Methods |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-020-00654-w |