Enhancing root lodging resistance of maize with twin plants in wide-narrow rows: a case study

Root lodging is known to reduce the yield and quality of maize, which will be more serious driven by the changes in agriculture such as the higher planting density and the more extreme precipitation events. Here we describe a new cultivation method to reduce the root lodging of maize. We designed two planting layouts: twin plants (TP) and single plant (SP) in a hole with the same density. The vertical root-pulling resistance, angle and rate of...