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A high-throughput phenotyping assay for precisely determining stalk crushing strength in large-scale sugarcane germplasm [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Sugarcane is a major industrial crop around the world. Lodging due to weak mechanical strength is one of the main problems leading to huge yield losses in sugarcane.
Fumin Ma +12 more
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Tensile Properties of Maize Stalk Rind
BioResources, 2016 Experiments were carried out to measure the tensile properties of maize stalk rind. Two varieties of maize stalk (SD 12 and SD 9) and two moisture contents (fresh and air-dried) were tested.
Lixian Zhang +3 more
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HeliyonNatural fiber-reinforced polymer composites are the most widely used materials and preferable in terms of biodegradability, cost production, recyclability, and low density. The main aim of this study is to conduct an experimental investigation on tensile
Adugnaw Ayalew Bekele +3 more
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Corn stalk integrity is improved by fungicide combinations containing carboxamide
Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2018 Conservation of vegetative organs, as leaves and stalks, is essential to achieve high maize production. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of leaf area maintenance due to fungicides spraying on stalk integrity, its chemical ...
Marina Freitas e Silva +5 more
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Elucidating compositional factors of maize cell walls contributing to stalk strength and lodging resistance [PDF]
, 2021 Lodging is one of the causes of maize (Zea mays L.) production losses worldwide and, at least, the resistance to stalk lodging has been positively correlated with stalk strength.
Manga-Robles, Alba +16 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2020 The accurate evaluation of maize stalk lodging resistance in different growth periods enables timely management of lodging risks and ensures stable and high maize yields. Here, we established five different sowing dates to create different conditions for
Qun WANG +9 more
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BMC Genomic Data, 2022 Background Stalk lodging is one of the main factors affecting maize (Zea mays L.) yield and limiting mechanized harvesting. Developing maize varieties with high stalk lodging resistance requires exploring the genetic basis of lodging resistance ...
Lifen Wu +11 more
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Effect of applied force direction on bending behavior of boxwood stalk [PDF]
Iran Agricultural Research, 2022 The bending behavior analysis of boxwood stalk, including bending force, bending strength, and Young’s modulus, were carried out at different loading rates and internode positions as a function of applied force direction to design a new hedge trimmer ...
M.R Kamandar, F Khoshnam, H Ghasemkhani
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Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 Cyrtostachys renda (CR) and Ptychosperma macarthurii (PM) fibers, as new cellulosic fibers were studied. The objective of this research is to evaluate the fibers from stem, leaf stalk, and frond of these two plants as reinforcement in the polymer ...
Tamil Moli Loganathan +5 more
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Plant Direct, 2022 Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée), is an important insect pest of maize throughout most of Asia. The rind of a maize stalk is a key barrier against corn borer larvae boring into the plant.
Jingfei Guo +7 more
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