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Multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography as a non-invasive tool to characterize and monitor crop root systems [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2017
A better understanding of root–soil interactions and associated processes is essential in achieving progress in crop breeding and management, prompting the need for high-resolution and non-destructive characterization methods.
M. Weigand, A. Kemna
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Underutilised Legumes for Advancing Climate‐Smart Agriculture in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Legume Science, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa faces intersecting challenges of food insecurity, malnutrition and climate variability, exacerbated by the predominance of rainfed agriculture and limited input use. Climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) offers a framework to address these issues through increased productivity, enhanced resilience and reduced environmental impact.
A. Chisa, P. Mafongoya, A. O. Odindo, Mutondwa M. Phophi   +3 more
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Rhizotron: A Unique Technique for Root Study: A Review

Agricultural Reviews
Roots, which holds the plant in the soil and responsible for water and nutrient uptake is the most unique plant part essential for survival. Root characters like length, diameter and surface area are the important parameters that have to be measured for evaluating root growth.
F. Reni., J.S. Bindhu,, P. Shalini Pillai   +2 more
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Rhizosphere organic anions play a minor role in improving crop species’ ability to take up residual phosphorus (P) in agricultural soils low in P availability

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Many arable lands have accumulated large reserves of residual phosphorus (P) and a relatively large proportion of soil P is less available for uptake by plants. Root released organic anions are widely documented as a key physiological strategy to enhance
Yanliang Wang, Yanliang Wang, Tore Krogstad, Jihong Liu Clarke, Moritz Hallama, Anne Falk Øgaard, Susanne Eich-Greatorex, Ellen Kandeler, Nicholas John Clarke   +8 more
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Affordable phenomics: Expanding access to enhancing genetic gain in plant breeding

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1, December 2025.
Abstract Plant breeders need to evaluate large breeding populations rapidly and accurately to identify and assess genetic variation responsible for many traits, including yield, quality, resistance, and climate resilience. Although advanced molecular tools, including marker‐assisted selection, genomic selection, and gene editing, are being used to ...
V. Hoyos‐Villegas, M. Jackson, M. Vargas‐Cedeño, E. E. Farmer, M. Hanneman, A. Mazis, K. D. Singh, W. Sangjan, M. McNair, S. Sankaran, S. Tirado Tolosa, M. A. Gore, T. W. Rife   +12 more
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A mechanistic model for electrical conduction in soil–root continuum: a virtual rhizotron study [PDF]

, 2018
Abstract. Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) has become an important tool to study soil water fluxes in cropped field. ERT results translates to water content via empirical pedophysical relations that take soil physical properties into account, usually ignoring the impact of roots. Studies shows high root dense soils behaves quite differently than
Sathyanarayan Rao, Félicien Meunier, Solomon Ehosioke, Nolwenn Lesparre, Andreas Kemna, Frédéric Nguyen, Sarah Garré, Mathieu Javaux   +7 more
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Association mapping for Striga resistance and agronomic‐related traits in sorghum

The Plant Genome, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Over 50% of arable land available for cereal production in sub‐Saharan Africa is severely infested with Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth, posing a significant challenge to agricultural productivity in the region. In this study, we performed association mapping of plant height, panicle height, number of leaves per plant, field fresh grain weight,
Wilbert T. Mutezo, Moosa M. Sedibe, Justice Norvienyeku, Bingting Lai   +3 more
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Development of Pea Breeding Lines with Resistance to Orobanche crenata Derived from Pea Landraces and Wild Pisum spp.

Agronomy, 2020
Pea (Pisum sativum) is an important grain legume worldwide whose cultivation is severely constrained by the root parasitic weed crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata), which is widespread in the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East.
Diego Rubiales, Sara Fondevilla, Mónica Fernández-Aparicio   +2 more
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Genetic dissection of the root system architecture QTLome and its relationship with early shoot development, breeding and adaptation in durum wheat

The Plant Genome, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Root system architecture (RSA), shoot architecture, and shoot‐to‐root biomass allocation are critical for optimizing crop water and nutrient capture and ultimately grain yield. Nevertheless, only a few studies adequately dissected the genetic basis of RSA and its relationship to shoot development.
Giuseppe Sciara, Matteo Bozzoli, Fabio Fiorani, Kerstin A. Nagel, Amina Ameer, Silvio Salvi, Roberto Tuberosa, Marco Maccaferri   +7 more
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Above‐ and below‐ground phenology of four tree species in mixed forests and monospecific stands

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 12, Page 3751-3765, December 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The phenology of tree root growth is poorly understood especially for mixed forests. To attempt to fill this knowledge gap, we selected four co‐occurring broadleaf trees species of the European forests (Quercus robur, Carpinus betulus, Tilia cordata and Acer platanoides)
Qiwen Guo, Boris Rewald, Hans Sandén, Matthias Steinparzer, Ramona Werner, Douglas L. Godbold   +5 more
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