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Improved wheat grain yield by a new method of root selection
Wheat is a major source of protein for human food, a critical issue at a time when mankind is growing by 77 million people per year. Wheat was domesticated approximately 10,000 years ago and has been systemati...
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Uncommon selection by root system size increases barley yield
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The effect of semi-dwarf genes on root system size in field-grown barley
Root system size (RSS) was measured in 12 diverse barley genotypes and 157 double-haploid lines (DHs), using electric capacitance. The parents of the DHs, Derkado and B83-12/21/5, carry different semi-dwarfing...
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Genetical variability of the size of the lucerne root system determined by its electrical capacity
Diallel crosses (F1) and self-fertilized progeny (I1) of five lucerne clones were evaluated. The size of the root system of closely spaced plants was measured 10 times during five cuts. One terminal of the measur...
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Evaluation of the size of a plant's root system using its electrical capacitance
This paper extends an earlier one5. The relationship between electrical capacitance of a plant root system (C) and size (weight, volume, surface) of the root system (x) can be expressed by equation of the line ...
