Plant mechanical failure, also known as lodging, is the cause of significant and unpredictable yield losses in cereal crops. Lodging occurs in two distinct failure modes—stalk lodging and root lodging. Despite the prevalence and detrimental impact of lodging on crop yields, there is little consensus on how to phenotype plants in the field for lodging resistance and thus breed for mechanically resilient plants. This review provides an overview of field‐based mechanical testing approaches to assess stalk and root lodging resistance. These approaches are placed in the context of future perspectives. Best practices and recommendations for acquiring field‐based mechanical phenotypes of plants are also presented.

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谷类作物田间机械表型评估抗倒伏性


植物机械故障，也称为倒伏，是谷类作物严重且不可预测的产量损失的原因。倒伏有两种不同的破坏模式：茎倒伏和根倒伏。尽管倒伏现象普遍存在，并对作物产量产生不利影响，但对于如何在田间对植物进行抗倒伏表型分析，从而培育出具有机械弹性的植物，目前尚未达成共识。本综述概述了评估茎和根抗倒伏性的田间机械测试方法。这些方法是放在未来视角的背景下的。还提出了获取植物实地机械表型的最佳实践和建议。