Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity
Stem lodging is the bending or breakage of stems in the wind that result in negative economic impacts to producers and processors of small grain crops. To address this issue, plant breeders attempt to quantify lodging using proxy traits such as stem structure and biomechanics. Stem lodging is a func...
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| author | D. Jo Heuschele Taina Acevedo Garcia Joan Barreto Ortiz Kevin P. Smith Peter Marchetto |
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| description | Stem lodging is the bending or breakage of stems in the wind that result in negative economic impacts to producers and processors of small grain crops. To address this issue, plant breeders attempt to quantify lodging using proxy traits such as stem structure and biomechanics. Stem lodging is a function of both stem strength and elasticity. In this paper, we explore the biomechanics of stems approaching the lodging, or permanent bending, condition. Oat, wheat, and two types of barley varying in lodging resistance were exposed to standard growing conditions over the course of a season. Their capability of returning from a bent to unbent state was characterized using a push force meter that measured resistant force and displacement over time. Changes in stem energy and power were then calculated using displacement and force measurements. Lodging susceptibility could be differentiated by stem strength, displacement and change in power measurements depending on small grain species without damaging the plant. These measurements could be used by small cereal grain breeding programs as proxy traits to determine lodging susceptibility without destructively testing or waiting for storm events, thus saving time and resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87d3550884194860a90cab6e7554b7522023-11-20T20:26:58ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-11-011022796510.3390/app10227965Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem ElasticityD. Jo Heuschele0Taina Acevedo Garcia1Joan Barreto Ortiz2Kevin P. Smith3Peter Marchetto4Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USAWashington Technology Magnet, Saint Paul, MN 55117, USADepartment of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USADepartment of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USADepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USAStem lodging is the bending or breakage of stems in the wind that result in negative economic impacts to producers and processors of small grain crops. To address this issue, plant breeders attempt to quantify lodging using proxy traits such as stem structure and biomechanics. Stem lodging is a function of both stem strength and elasticity. In this paper, we explore the biomechanics of stems approaching the lodging, or permanent bending, condition. Oat, wheat, and two types of barley varying in lodging resistance were exposed to standard growing conditions over the course of a season. Their capability of returning from a bent to unbent state was characterized using a push force meter that measured resistant force and displacement over time. Changes in stem energy and power were then calculated using displacement and force measurements. Lodging susceptibility could be differentiated by stem strength, displacement and change in power measurements depending on small grain species without damaging the plant. These measurements could be used by small cereal grain breeding programs as proxy traits to determine lodging susceptibility without destructively testing or waiting for storm events, thus saving time and resources.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/22/7965lodgingstemplant biomechanicsbiophysicsagriculture |
| spellingShingle | D. Jo Heuschele Taina Acevedo Garcia Joan Barreto Ortiz Kevin P. Smith Peter Marchetto Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity Applied Sciences lodging stem plant biomechanics biophysics agriculture |
| title | Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity |
| title_full | Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity |
| title_fullStr | Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity |
| title_short | Cereal Stem Stress: In Situ Biomechanical Characterization of Stem Elasticity |
| title_sort | cereal stem stress in situ biomechanical characterization of stem elasticity |
| topic | lodging stem plant biomechanics biophysics agriculture |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/22/7965 |
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