Calibration, validation and testing of a rotational displacement transducer for measuring wheat leaf elongation rates Universiteit Gent
Flag leaf growth has been emphasized in the literature as an important secondary trait for wheat breeding under drought stress. To measure leaf elongation rate (LER) in monocotyledons such as wheat, the rotational displacement transducer (RDT) has already been used in several studies, mostly on maize. Still, a comprehensive calibration and measurement protocol of the sensor is lacking. To fill this gap, several experiments were per-formed: (i) ...