Artificial soil (ArtSoil): Recreating soil conditions in synthetic plant growth media. [PDF]
Plant JSUMMARY Controlled plant growth in laboratories can be achieved by cultivating plants under sterile or axenic conditions on predefined synthetic growth media, typically supplemented with sugar. In nature, plants do not receive exogenous sugar supplies, form symbiosis with microbes, and plant growth is influenced by soil edaphic factors.
Kaplunova V +8 more
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Novel scanning procedure enabling the vectorization of entire rhizotron-grown root systems [PDF]
Plant Methods, 2013 This paper presents an original spit-and-combine imaging procedure that enables the complete vectorization of complex root systems grown in rhizotrons.
Lobet Guillaume, Draye Xavier
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Phenotyping Tomato Root Developmental Plasticity in Response to Salinity in Soil Rhizotrons [PDF]
Plant Phenomics, 2021 Plants have developed multiple strategies to respond to salt stress. In order to identify new traits related to salt tolerance, with potential breeding application, the research focus has recently been shifted to include root system architecture (RSA) and root plasticity. Using a simple but effective root phenotyping system containing soil (rhizotrons),
Gandullo, Jacinto +4 more
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Circadian Variation of Root Water Status in Three Herbaceous Species Assessed by Portable NMR
Plants, 2021 Roots are at the core of plant water dynamics. Nonetheless, root morphology and functioning are not easily assessable without destructive approaches. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), and particularly low-field NMR (LF-NMR), is an interesting noninvasive
Magali Nuixe +6 more
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Variation in the Root System Architecture of Peach × (Peach × Almond) Backcrosses
Plants, 2023 The spatial arrangement and growth pattern of root systems, defined by the root system architecture (RSA), influences plant productivity and adaptation to soil environments, playing an important role in sustainable horticulture.
Ricardo A. Lesmes-Vesga +5 more
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Urochloa brizantha Interference in the Phaseolus vulgaris Radicular System Fertilized with Phosphorus [PDF]
Planta Daninha, 2019 : Interference between root systems occurs below the ground surface long before the competition between plants is expressed in the shoot. Nutrients stand out for being limited in the soil, requiring supplementation, especially phosphorus.
A.F. FREITAS +3 more
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International Journal of Plant Biology, 2023 Maize (Zea mays sp.) is one of the most important basic grains in our diets, and it requires high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus for optimum growth. However, phosphorous transitions in forms inaccessible to plants.
Juan Espinosa Gonzalez +5 more
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Imaging of the electrical activity in the root zone under limited-water-availability stress: a laboratory study for Vitis vinifera [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2023 Understanding root signals and their consequences for the whole plant physiology is one of the keys to tackling the water-saving challenge in agriculture. The implementation of water-saving irrigation strategies, such as the partial root zone drying (PRD)
B. Mary +12 more
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Optimizing root measurements in rhizotrons [PDF]
, 2019 Abstract Background and Aims The line intersect method is widely used in rhizotron and minirhizotron studies to quantify roots and study cultivar and treatment differences in root growth. We investigated ways to optimize the line intersect method and root depth measurements with respect to data ...
Ytting, NK +2 more
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Deciphering Root Architectural Traits Involved to Cope With Water Deficit in Oat
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Drought tolerance is a complex phenomenon comprising many physiological, biochemical and morphological changes at both aerial and below ground levels. We aim to reveal changes on root morphology that promote drought tolerance in oat in both seedling and ...
Francisco J. Canales +4 more
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