Abstract
Plant breeding programs use easily measured traits to determine plant selection for the next cycle of testing. Often ratings (1–10) are used for generalized biomechanical properties such as lodging, the act of a plant falling over due to environmental conditions. In order to create a more repeatable means of scoring lodging (bending) susceptibility, the Stalker was conceived as a device that could create repeatable and time efficient outputs independent of operator bias by quantifying stalk strength as a proxy for lodging resistance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e00067 |
Journal | HardwareX |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was funded by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Grant No. 122130 and the University of Minnesota Rapid Agricultural Response Fund Grant No. AES00RR234 .
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Biomechanics
- Mechanical properties
- Rapid phenotyping
- Stress-strain measurement
- Young's modulus