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SUBMITTER: Lacube S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501815 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lacube Sebastien S Manceau Loïc L Welcker Claude C Millet Emilie J EJ Gouesnard Brigitte B Palaffre Carine C Ribaut Jean-Marcel JM Hammer Graeme G Parent Boris B Tardieu François F
Journal of experimental botany 20200901 18
The quality of yield prediction is linked to that of leaf area. We first analysed the consequences of flowering time and environmental conditions on the area of individual leaves in 127 genotypes presenting contrasting flowering times in fields of Europe, Mexico, and Kenya. Flowering time was the strongest determinant of leaf area. Combined with a detailed field experiment, this experiment showed a large effect of flowering time on the final leaf number and on the distribution of leaf growth rat ...[more]