Phenotypic variation and diversity assessment in maize landraces

Longxue Wei; Lianghai Guo; Dongbo Zhao; Jianjun Guo; Yirong Jin; Jiansheng Gao; Huini Cui; Liang Zhang; Peng Liu; Zhihui Guo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0355741

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Phenotypic variation and diversity assessment in maize landraces

Longxue Wei ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Longxue Wei, Lianghai Guo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3772-0247

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Lianghai Guo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Longxue Wei, Lianghai Guo

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Dongbo Zhao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Jianjun Guo,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Yirong Jin,

Roles Methodology, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Jiansheng Gao,

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Huini Cui,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Liang Zhang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Peng Liu,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Zhihui Guo

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

* E-mail: wisdomleo@163.com

Affiliation Dezhou Agricultural Science Research Institute, Dezhou, Shandong, China
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Phenotypic variation and diversity assessment in maize landraces

Longxue Wei,
Lianghai Guo,
Dongbo Zhao,
Jianjun Guo,
Yirong Jin,
Jiansheng Gao,
Huini Cui,
Liang Zhang,
Peng Liu,
Zhihui Guo

Published: August 14, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0355741

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