Biomechanical phenotyping pipeline for stalk lodging resistance in maize.

ABSTRACT: Stalk lodging (structural failure crops prior to harvest) significantly reduces annual yields of vital grain crops. The lack of standardized, high throughput phenotyping methods capable of quantifying biomechanical plant traits prevents comprehensive understanding of the genetic architecture of stalk lodging resistance. A phenotyping pipeline developed to enable higher throughput biomechanical measurements of plant traits related to stalk lodging is presented. The methods were developed using principles from the fields of engineering mechanics and metrology and they enable retention of plant-specific data instead of averaging data across plots as is typical in most phenotyping studies. This pipeline was specifically designed to be implemented in large experimental studies and has been used

SUBMITTER: Tabaracci K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10825676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature