Sorghum bicolor L. Stalk Stiffness Is Marginally Affected by Time of Day under Field Conditions

Author:

Bokros Norbert1,Woomer Joseph1,Schroeder Zoe1,Kunduru Bharath2,Brar Manwinder S.2,Seegmiller Will3,Stork Jozsef1,McMahan Christopher4,Robertson Daniel J.3ORCID,Sekhon Rajandeep S.2,DeBolt Seth15ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA

2. Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA

3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA

4. School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA

5. James B Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA

Abstract

This study sought to better understand how time of day (ToD) or turgor pressure might affect the flexural stiffness of sweet sorghum stalks and potentially regulate stalk lodging resistance. Stalk flexural stiffness measured across a 48 h period in 2019 showed a significant diurnal association with leaf water potential and stalk flexural stiffness. While the correlation between stalk flexural stiffness and this proxy for internal turgor status was statistically significant, it only accounted for roughly 2% of the overall variance in stiffness. Given that turgor status is a dynamic rather than fixed physiological variable like the cellular structure, these data suggest that internal turgor plays a small yet significant role in influencing the flexural stiffness of fully mature stalks prior to a stalk lodging event. The association was assessed at earlier developmental stages across three distinct cultivars and found not to be significant. Panicle weight and stalk basal weight, but not stalk Brix or water content, were found to be better predictors of stalk flexural stiffness than either ToD or turgor status. Observation across three cultivars and four distinct developmental stages ranging from the vegetative to the hard-dough stages suggests that stalk flexural stiffness changes significantly as a function of time. However, neither ToD nor turgor status appear to meaningfully contribute to observed variations in stalk flexural stiffness in either individual stalks or across larger populations. As turgor status was not found to meaningfully influence stalk strength or flexural stiffness at any developmental time point examined in any of the three sweet sorghum cultivars under study, turgor pressure likely offers only inconsequential contributions to the biomechanics underlying sweet sorghum stalk lodging resistance.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

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