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Lodging by Node‐bending in Wheat and Barley 1
Author(s) -
Patterson Fred L.,
Schafer John F.,
Caldwell Ralph M.,
Compton Leroy E.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1957.00021962004900090015x
Subject(s) - agricultural experiment station , library science , horticulture , agriculture , biology , history , computer science , archaeology
LODGING BY NODE-BENDING IN WHEAT AND BARLEY A TYPE of lodging somewhat different in cause and nature from those previously described occurred in the winter wheat nursery yield plots at Lafayette, Indiana, in 1933. Border rows were allowed to stand for straw strength comparisons after harvest of the plots at the binder-ripe stage. About a week after harvest and a few days before the grain was combine-ripe heavy rains occurred followed by strong west winds. Varieties reacted in one of two general patterns: (a) a common type of limited, general bowing of the plant from base to spike with leaning at about a 20° angle or less from vertical, or (b) a sharp bending in the thickened nodal region (actually the basal portion of the internode and the thickened base of the attached leaf sheath as well as the node) at the base of the peduncle (infrequently the second node below the peduncle) without culm breakage. Intermediates