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Controlling plant form through husbandry to minimise lodging in wheat
Pete Berry,James M. Griffin,Roger Sylvester-Bradley,R. K. Scott,J.H Spink,Christopher Baker,R. W. Clare +6 more
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It is suggested that new genotypes are needed to achieve lodging-proof wheat crops, particularly to provide stronger basal internodes and a wider root plate per shoot.About:
This article is published in Field Crops Research.The article was published on 2000-07-01. It has received 181 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sowing & Shoot.read more
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Physiological processes associated with wheat yield progress in the UK
TL;DR: The results suggest that recent genetic gains in grain yield have been based on a combination of improved growth rate in the preanthesis period, which has driven increases in number of grains per square meter, and a larger source for grain filling through increases in stem soluble carbohydrate reserves.
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Understanding and Reducing Lodging in Cereals
Pete Berry,Mark Sterling,J.H Spink,Christopher Baker,Roger Sylvester-Bradley,Sacha J. Mooney,A.R. Tams,A.R Ennos +7 more
TL;DR: The prospects for continuing to reduce lodging risk through the selection of shorter genotypes may be limited and there does appear to be significant scope for increasing lodging resistance by strengthening the stem and the anchorage system by exploiting the wide genetic variation in these plant characters and through crop management decisions.
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Is the productivity of organic farms restricted by the supply of available nitrogen
Pete Berry,Roger Sylvester-Bradley,L. Philipps,D. J. Hatch,S. P. Cuttle,Francis Rayns,Paul Gosling +6 more
TL;DR: Berry, P. M., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Philipps, L., Hatch, D. J., Cuttle, S. P., Rayns, F. W., Gosling, P., and Gosling et al. as discussed by the authors proposed that the productivity of organic farms is restricted by the supply of available nitrogen.
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Review: Wind impacts on plant growth, mechanics and damage.
TL;DR: Land plants have adapted to survive under a range of wind climates and this involve changes in chemical composition, physical structure and morphology at all scales from the cell to the whole plant.
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The association of culm anatomy with lodging susceptibility in modern spring wheat genotypes
TL;DR: If differences in culm anatomy exist among modern wheat genotypes differing in lodging susceptibility, and to determine the association between culm characters and lodging, general applicable associations were not observed for most traits.
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The decimal code for the growth stages of cereals, with illustrations
TL;DR: The decimal code for the growth stages of cereals, devised by Zadoks, Chang & Konzak (1974), is reproduced with stylised drawings of selected stages of wheat, barley and oat plants to assist the application of the code to agrochemical research, development and use in the UK.
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Optimizing wheat grain yield: effects of Rht (gibberellin-insensitive) dwarfing genes
TL;DR: The optimum plant height for yield improvement in different genetic backgrounds was achieved by different RHT alleles according to the background varietal height, such that intrinsically taller genotypes required more potent Rht alleles to achieve maximum potential grain yield.
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Lodging in Wheat, Barley, and Oats: The Phenomenon, its Causes, and Preventive Measures
TL;DR: The chapter describes two types of lodging: stem lodging and root lodging and examines various causes of lodging and the effects of lodging on crop development and yield.
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Water Retention, Porosity and Density of Field Soils
TL;DR: In this article, the physical properties of soil samples taken from 261 fully documented soil profiles throughout England are described, along with sampling techniques and arrangements for sample storage, with procedures, apparatus and calculations for moisture release measurements Laboratory methods for the measurement of soil parameters are discussed.
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The growth and activity of winter wheat roots in the field: the effect of sowing date and soil type on root growth of high-yielding crops
P. B. Barraclough,Roger A. Leigh +1 more
TL;DR: The relationship between grain yield and the amount of root at anthesis was investigated and total root length was positively correlated with grain yield but nonetheless similarly yielding crops could have different-sized root systems.