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Drone phenotyping and machine learning enable discovery of loci regulating daily floral opening in lettuce.
Journal of experimental botany - 2 Apr 2021
Han Rongkui, Wong Andy J Y, Tang Zhehan, Truco Maria J, Lavelle Dean O, Kozik Alexander, Jin Yufang, Michelmore Richard W
Abstract excerpt
Flower opening and closure are traits of reproductive importance in all angiosperms because they determine the success of self- and cross-pollination. The temporal nature of this phenotype rendered it a difficult target for genetic studies. Cultivated and wild lettuce, Lactuca spp., have composite inflorescences that open only once. An L. serriola×L. sativa F6 recombinant inbred line (RIL) population differed...
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