Advancements in the use of genome‐wide markers have provided unprecedented opportunities for dissecting the genetic components that control phenotypic trait variation. However, cost‐effectively characterizing agronomically important phenotypic traits on a large scale remains a bottleneck. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)‐based high‐throughput phenotyping has recently become a prominent method, as it allows large numbers of plants to be analyzed in a time‐series manner. In this experiment, 233 inbred lines from the maize (
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- Award ID(s):
- 1954556
- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10403616
- Journal Name:
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Volume:
- 13
- ISSN:
- 1664-462X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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