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Dissecting culm strength in wheat: anatomical, biochemical, and genetic insights into lodging tolerance.
Scientific reports - 23 Jun 2026
Majid Ronak, Nayak Jajati Keshari, Jan Sofora, Salam Sadaf, Nazir Amir, Khan Mohd Anwar, Pal Neeraj, Yadav Raju Ratan, Tyagi Santvana, Joshi Pooja, Dhaka Narendra Singh, Singh Vinay Kumar, Sofi Parvaze Ahmad, Kumar Sundip, Vishwakarma Manish K, Bhati Pradeep, Kumar Uttam, Varshney Rajeev Kumar, Mir Reyazul Rouf
Abstract excerpt
Lodging is a major constraint in wheat production, often resulting in substantial yield losses. Resistance to lodging is influenced by various morphological, biochemical, and anatomical traits of the stem, and the relative contribution of different stem parts, particularly individual internodes, to lodging tolerance remains unclear. In this study, key culm-related morphological internode length (IL), internode...
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- Triticum
- Genotype
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Plant Stems
- Phenotype
