Water Deficit-Responsive QTLs for Cell Wall Degradability and Composition in Maize at Silage Stage.

ABSTRACT: The use of lignocellulosic biomass for animal feed or biorefinery requires the optimization of its degradability. Moreover, biomass crops need to be better adapted to the changing climate and in particular to periods of drought. Although the negative impact of water deficit on biomass yield has often been mentioned, its impact on biomass quality has only been recently reported in a few species. In the present study, we combined the mapping power of a maize recombinant inbred line population with robust near infrared spectroscopy predictive equations to track the response to water deficit of traits associated with biomass quality. The population was cultivated under two contrasted water regimes over 3 consecutive years in the south of France and harvested at silage stage. We showed that cel

SUBMITTER: Virlouvet L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494970 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature