DARLING: a device for assessing resistance to lodging in grain crops.
Douglas D CookWitold de la ChapelleTing-Che LinShien Yang LeeWenhuan SunDaniel J RobertsonPublished in: Plant methods (2019)
The DARLING apparatus provides a quantitative assessment of stalk strength in a field setting. It induces the same failure patterns observed in natural lodging events. DARLING can also be used to perform non-destructive flexural tests. This technology has many applications, including breeding, genetic studies on stalk strength, longitudinal studies of stalk flexural stiffness, and risk assessment of lodging propensity.