Increasing plant density is an effective way to enhance maize yield, but often increases
lodging rate and severity, significantly elevating the risk and cost of maize production …

Plant mechanical failure, also known as lodging, is the cause of significant and
unpredictable yield losses in cereal crops. Lodging occurs in two distinct failure modes …

An incomplete understanding of stalk strength and stalk lodging impedes efforts to improve
maize (Zea mays L.) production. To develop a more complete understanding of stalk …

Lodging resistance is a major desired trait in modern maize breeding. Identifying parameters
to evaluate lodging resistance could help crop breeders develop maize cultivars with …

Stalk lodging in maize results in substantial yield losses worldwide. These losses could be
prevented through genetic improvement. However, breeding efforts and genetics studies are …

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 …

Highlights•Architectural, chemical composition, and bending strength measured for each
specimen.•Stalk architecture (anatomy/morphology) was highly predictive of bending …

Background Stalk lodging is the structural failure of crops due to external loading such as
wind. Short-stature (ie, dwarf) varieties of wheat and rice have shown promise in reducing …

Stalk lodging is essentially a structural failure. It was therefore hypothesized that application
of structural and forensic engineering principles would provide novel insights into the …

High plant density of maize (Zea mays L.) reduces the stalk quality of the basal internodes
and increases stalk lodging. The objective of this experiment was to explore the mechanism …