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Kamaldeep S Virdi1, Suma Sreekanta1, Austin Dobbels1

  • 1Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

The Plant Genome
|February 16, 2023
PubMed
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Understanding soybean shoot architecture is key for improving crop yield. This study identifies key traits like branch angle and leaflet shape that influence canopy coverage and reveals their genetic underpinnings.

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