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Genetic architecture of rind penetrometer resistance in two maize recombinant inbred line populations.
BMC plant biology - 3 Jun 2014
Li Kun, Yan Jianbing, Li Jiansheng, Yang Xiaohong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Maize (Zea Mays L.) is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide and provides food for billions of people. Stalk lodging can greatly undermine the standability of maize plants and therefore decrease crop yields. Rind penetrometer resistance is an effective and reliable method for evaluating maize stalk strength, which is highly correlated with stalk lodging resistance. In this study, two...
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