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022 _a0002-1962
022 _a1435-0645 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1967.00021962005900030016x
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041 _aeng
100 1 _aHelm, J.L.
_936840
245 1 0 _aEffect of leaf removal on amylose content of corn endosperm
260 _aUnited States of America :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons,
_c1967.
500 _aPeer review
520 _aInheritance studies involving amylose synthesis in corn require precise estimates of the genetic potential of the genotype. Information on the effect of nongenetic factors on the amylose-amylopectin ratio are necessary. Corn plants are often subject to loss of photosynthetic area by such factors as hail, insect damage, leaf blights, and mechanical damage. Previous workers have shown that defoliation treatments at pollinating time did not influence grain quality, but affected grain yield by a reduction in the number of developed kernels. In this study, defoliation treatments at pollinating time were used to simulate loss of photosynthetic area. The treatments changed the amylose-amylopectin ratios of the endosperm only slightly. The removal of the 6 upper leaves at pollinating time reduced the amylose percentage in high-amylose inbred lines and hybrids by 1 to 3%. While statistically significant, these small reductions would be of little importance in interpreting the results from an inheritance study of amylose synthesis in corn.
546 _aText in English
650 7 _aEffects
_2AGROVOC
_934058
650 7 _aDefoliation
_2AGROVOC
_913399
650 7 _aAmylose
_2AGROVOC
_912673
650 7 _aMaize
_2AGROVOC
_91173
650 7 _aEndosperm
_2AGROVOC
_91097
650 7 _aGrain
_2AGROVOC
_91138
650 7 _aYields
_2AGROVOC
_91313
650 7 _aQuality
_2AGROVOC
_91231
650 7 _aPollination
_2AGROVOC
_95187
650 7 _aInbred lines
_2AGROVOC
_91155
700 1 _aFergason, V.L.
_936841
700 1 _aThomas, J.P.
_936846
700 1 _aZuber, M.S
_95432
773 0 _dUnited States of America : John Wiley & Sons, 1967.
_gv. 59, no. 3, p. 257-258
_tAgronomy Journal
_wG444482
_x0002-1962
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