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Genetic analysis of seedling root traits reveals the association of root trait with other agronomic traits in maize [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology, 2018
Background Root systems play important roles in crop growth and stress responses. Although genetic mechanism of root traits in maize (Zea mays L.) has been investigated in different mapping populations, root traits have rarely been utilized in breeding ...
Chuanli Ju, Wei Zhang, Ya Liu, Yufeng Gao, Xiaofan Wang, Jianbing Yan, Xiaohong Yang, Jiansheng Li   +7 more
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Root porosity contributes to root trait space of wetland monocotyledons independently of economics traits [PDF]

Plant and Soil, 2021
Abstract Aims Root aerenchyma, a key adaptive trait to anoxic soils has rarely been integrated into trait-based plant ecology. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between root porosity and root economics-related traits among wetland plants, focusing on the effect of aerenchyma on root tissue density, a central trait in plant economics ...
Ziqi Ye, Peter Ryser
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Global root traits (GRooT) database [PDF]

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2020
Abstract Motivation Trait data are fundamental to the quantitative description of plant form and function. Although root traits capture key dimensions related to plant responses to changing environmental conditions and effects on ecosystem processes, they have rarely been included in large ...
Guerrero‐ramírez, Nathaly, Mommer, Liesje, Freschet, Grégoire, Iversen, Colleen, Mccormack, M. Luke, Kattge, Jens, Poorter, Hendrik, van der Plas, Fons, Bergmann, Joana, Kuyper, Thom, York, Larry, Bruelheide, Helge, Laughlin, Daniel, Meier, Ina, Roumet, Catherine, Semchenko, Marina, Sweeney, Christopher, van Ruijven, Jasper, Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar, Aubin, Isabelle, Catford, Jane, Manning, Peter, Martin, Adam, Milla, Rubén, Minden, Vanessa, Pausas, Juli, Smith, Stuart, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda, Ammer, Christian, Butterfield, Bradley, Craine, Joseph, Cornelissen, Johannes, de Vries, Franciska, Isaac, Marney, Kramer, Koen, König, Christian, Lamb, Eric, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Peñuelas, Josep, Reich, Peter, Rillig, Matthias, Sack, Lawren, Shipley, Bill, Tedersoo, Leho, Valladares, Fernando, van Bodegom, Peter, Weigelt, Patrick, Wright, Justin, Weigelt, Alexandra   +48 more
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Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits. [PDF]

Commun Biol
Abstract Quantifying plant trait variation yields insights into trade-offs inherent in the ecological strategies of plants and is the basis for a trait-based prediction of plant performance and ecosystem functioning.
Sanaei A, van der Plas F, Chen H, Davids S, Eckhardt S, Hennecke J, Kahl A, Möller Y, Richter R, Schütze J, Wirth C, Weigelt A.   +11 more
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Root traits for infertile soils [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013
Crop production is often restricted by the availability of essential mineral elements. For example, the availability of N, P, K, and S limits low-input agriculture, the phytoavailability of Fe, Zn, and Cu limits crop production on alkaline and calcareous soils, and P, Mo, Mg, Ca, and K deficiencies, together with proton, Al and Mn toxicities, limit ...
White, Philip, George, Timothy, Dupuy, Lionel, Karley, Alison, Valentine, Tracy, Wiesel, Lea, Wishart, Jane   +6 more
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Getting to the root of grafting-induced traits

Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2021
Grafting is an ancient technique that involves the physical joining of genotypically distinct shoot and root systems, in order to achieve a desirable compound plant. This practice is widely used in modern agriculture to improve biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, modify plant architecture, induce precocious flowering and rejuvenate old perennial ...
Brandon Williams, Muhammad Umair Ahsan, Margaret H Frank   +2 more
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Semifield root phenotyping: Root traits for deep nitrate uptake

Plant, Cell & Environment, 2021
AbstractDeep rooting winter wheat genotypes can reduce nitrate leaching losses and increase N uptake. We aimed to investigate which deep root traits are correlated to deep N uptake and to estimate genetic variation in root traits and deep 15N tracer uptake.
Tomke S. Wacker, Olga Popovic, Niels A. F. Olsen, Bo Markussen, Abraham G. Smith, Simon F. Svane, Kristian Thorup‐Kristensen   +6 more
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Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2019
AbstractThe root economics spectrum (RES), a common hypothesis postulating a tradeoff between resource acquisition and conservation traits, is being challenged by conflicting relationships between root diameter, tissue density (RTD) and root nitrogen concentration (RN).
Deliang Kong, Junjian Wang, Huifang Wu, Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes, Ruili Wang, Hui Zeng, Paul Kardol, Haiyan Zhang, Yu‐Long Feng   +8 more
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Representing root physiological traits in the root economic space framework

New Phytologist, 2022
This article is a Commentary on Han et al. (2022), 234: 837–849.
Daniela Yaffar, Kristine G. Cabugao, Ina C. Meier   +2 more
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Roots’ Drought Adaptive Traits in Crop Improvement

Plants, 2022
Drought is one of the biggest concerns in agriculture due to the projected reduction of global freshwater supply with a concurrent increase in global food demand. Roots can significantly contribute to improving drought adaptation and productivity. Plants increase water uptake by adjusting root architecture and cooperating with symbiotic soil microbes ...
Mirza Shoaib, Bikram P. Banerjee, Matthew Hayden, Surya Kant   +3 more
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