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Screening for drought tolerance of maize hybrids by multi-scale analysis of root and shoot traits at the seedling stage.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Apr 2016
Avramova Viktoriya, Nagel Kerstin A, AbdElgawad Hamada, Bustos Dolores, DuPlessis Magdeleen, Fiorani Fabio, Beemster Gerrit T S
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We studied the drought response of eight commercial hybrid maize lines with contrasting drought sensitivity together with the reference inbred line B73 using a non-invasive platform for root and shoot phenotyping and a kinematics approach to quantify cell level responses in the leaf. Drought treatments strongly reduced leaf growth parameters including projected leaf area, elongation rate, final length and width...
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