Leaf growth rate per unit thermal time follows QTL-dependent daily patterns in hundreds of maize lines under naturally fluctuating conditions

• Main Authors: W. Sadok, P. Naudin, B. Boussuge, B. Muller, C. Welcker, F. Tardieu
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Crops; Generation Challenge Programme

We have analysed daily patterns of leaf elongation rate (LER) in large data sets with 318 genotypes placed in naturally fluctuating temperature and evaporative demand, and examined the effect of targeted alleles on these patterns. The method consisted, firstly, in expressing elongation rate per unit...