Dynamic plant height QTL revealed in maize through remote sensing phenotyping using a high-throughput unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 3458
• Main Authors: Wang, Xiaqing, Zhang, Ruyang, Song, Wei, Han, Liang, Liu, Xiaolei, Sun, Xuan, Luo, Meijie, Chen, Kuan, Zhang, Yunxia, Yang, Hao, Yang, Guijun, Zhao, Yanxin, Zhao, Jiuran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.03.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/208/8; 631/449/711; Corn; Gene mapping; Genome-wide association studies; Growth rate; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inbreeding; multidisciplinary; Phenotyping; Quantitative trait loci; Remote sensing; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Unmanned aerial vehicles; Zea mays

Plant height (PH) is a key factor in maize ( Zea mays L.) yield, biomass, and plant architecture. We investigated the PH of diverse maize inbred lines (117 temperate lines, 135 tropical lines) at four growth stages using unmanned aerial vehicle high-throughput phenotypic platforms (UAV-HTPPs). We ex...