With increasingly frequent extreme weather events, lodging has become an important
limiting factor for crop yield and quality and for mechanical harvesting. Lodging resistance is …

Lodging is a predominant phenomenon in crop production systems. It can cause significant
economic and yield losses and hamper the process of agricultural mechanization …

Atmospheric CO 2 concentration [CO 2] has increased from 260 to 280 μmol mol− 1 (level
during crop domestication up to the industrial revolution) to currently 400 and will reach 550 …

Significant achievements have been made in breeding programs for the heavy‐panicle‐type
(HPT) rice (Oryza sativa) in Southwest China. The HPT varieties now exhibit excellent …

Crop height not only determines plant resistance to lodging and crowding, but also affects
crop architecture, apical dominance, biomass, and mechanical harvesting. Plant height is …

Stem strength is an important agronomic trait affecting plant lodging, and plays an essential
role in the quality and yield of plants. Thickened secondary cell walls in stems provide …

High yields of wheat are mainly obtained through a high level of nitrogen and irrigation
supplementation. However, excessive nitrogen and irrigation supplication increase the risk …

Stalk lodging destroys between 5 and 25% of grain crops annually. Developing crop
varieties with improved lodging resistance will reduce the yield gap. Field-phenotyping …

In face of the current environmental challenges, developing multifunctional cropping
systems is increasingly needed, and crop variety mixtures are particularly interesting since …

Smart agronomic management practices (eg, employing lodging-resistant cultivars,
appropriate fertilization, and applying plant growth regulators (PGRs)) can reduce crop …