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Nondestructive and Rapid Leaf Measurements for Use as Selection Criteria in Vicia faba L. *
Author(s) -
Ricciardi L.,
Pace C. De,
Filippetti A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1987.tb01122.x
Subject(s) - leaflet (botany) , vicia faba , biology , canopy , selection (genetic algorithm) , botany , horticulture , agronomy , computer science , artificial intelligence
Four Vicia faba F 2 populations were studied to identify leaf characters that can be scored precisely at low cost and cause minimal disturbance to the plant during the leaf scoring in a selection program to change leaf canopy architecture. From correlation and biometrical analyses, involving eight measurements of leaflet and rachis characters, it was ascertained that the area index (length × width) of the first basal leaflet and the total rachis length of the leaf on the 5th flowering node, were the most informative, rapidly, and nondestructively determined leaf characters serving‐ the above‐men tinned requirements.