The effect of plant weight on estimations of stalk lodging resistance.
Christopher J StubbsYusuf A OduntanTyrone R KeepScott D NobleDaniel J RobertsonPublished in: Plant methods (2020)
Properly accounting for self-weight can be critical to determining the structural response of plant stems. Equations and tools provided herein enable researchers to properly account for the plant's weight during mechanical phenotyping experiments used to determine stalk lodging resistance.