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Is there coordination of leaf and fine root traits at local scales? A test in temperate forest swamps

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Examining the coordination of leaf and fine root traits not only aids a better understanding of plant ecological strategies from a whole‐plant perspective, but also helps improve the prediction of belowground properties from aboveground traits.
Yu‐Kun Hu, Xu Pan, Xue‐Jun Yang, Guo‐Fang Liu, Xu‐Yan Liu, Yao‐Bin Song, Man‐Yin Zhang, Li‐Juan Cui, Ming Dong   +8 more
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Effects of multiple agroecological interventions on crop nutrient acquisition and performance

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
With the growing focus on agroecological interventions in crop production, more studies are required to understand the combined effects of multiple strategies on soil and plant health. In this study, we adopted a functional-trait approach to evaluate the
Leah Ritcey-Thorpe, Roberta R. Fulthorpe, Marney E. Isaac   +2 more
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Components of phenotypic variance and heritability of early vigour traits of bread wheat under contrasting water regimes [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade)
Exploring drought-tolerance potential and phenotypic plasticity at early stages of development in root system architecture could be crucial in regard to breeding for drought resistance and for selecting wheat ideotypes under climate change conditions.
Blažić Milica N., Branković Gordana R., Dodig Dejan B., Kandić Vesna G., Živanović Tomislav B.   +4 more
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Drought intensity and duration effects on morphological root traits vary across trait type and plant functional groups: a meta-analysis. [PDF]

The increasing severity and frequency of drought pose serious threats to plant species worldwide. Yet, we lack a general understanding of how various intensities of droughts affect plant traits, in particular root traits.
Christelle AM Robert, Sun, Yu, Robert, Christelle A. M., Yu Sun, Thakur, Madhav P, Madhav P. Thakur   +5 more
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Genetic Dissection of Root System Architectural Traits in Spring Barley

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Breeding new crop cultivars with efficient root systems carries great potential to enhance resource use efficiency and plant adaptation to unstable climates. Here, we evaluated the natural variation of root system architectural traits in a diverse spring
Zhongtao Jia, Ying Liu, Benjamin D. Gruber, Kerstin Neumann, Benjamin Kilian, Andreas Graner, Nicolaus von Wirén   +6 more
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Genomic Regions Influencing Seminal Root Traits in Barley

The Plant Genome, 2016
Water availability is a major limiting factor for crop production, making drought adaptation and its many component traits a desirable attribute of plant cultivars. Previous studies in cereal crops indicate that root traits expressed at early plant developmental stages, such as seminal root angle and root number, are associated ...
Robinson, Hannah, Hickey, Lee, Richard, Cecile, Mace, Emma S., Kelly, Alison M., Borrell, Andrew, Franckowiak, Jerome, Fox, Glen   +7 more
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Root Phenotyping for Drought Tolerance: A Review

Agronomy, 2018
Plant roots play a significant role in plant growth by exploiting soil resources via the uptake of water and nutrients. Root traits such as fine root diameter, specific root length, specific root area, root angle, and root length density are considered ...
Allah Wasaya, Xiying Zhang, Qin Fang, Zongzheng Yan   +3 more
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Towards an improved representation of the relationship between root traits and nitrogen losses in process-based models

CONTEXT: Nitrogen (N) application to crops is crucial to feed an increasing world population. Yet, much of this N is not taken up by crops, initiating a cascade of N losses with dire environmental and economic consequences. There is, therefore, a need to
Abrahamsen, P., Abrahamsen, Per, Cammarano, D., Pullens, J. W., Porter, C. H., Smith, Ward N., Liu, R-H., Bindi, M., Semenov, M. A., Rötter, Reimund P., Olesen, J. E., Smith, W. N., Vogeler, Iris, Rotter, R. P., Vogeler, I., Bindi, Marco, Abalos, Diego, Kumar, U., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Kumar, Uttam, Liu, Huan, Grant, Brian B., Semenov, Mikhail A., Hoogenboom, G., Porter, Cheryl H., Abalos, D., Cammarano, Davide, Olesen, Jørgen E., Grant, B. B., Pullens, Johannes W.M., Pullens, Johannes W. M.   +30 more
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Variation in root traits and phenotypic plasticity between native and introduced populations of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata [PDF]

NeoBiota
Understanding intraspecific trait variations, particularly for invasive species that occupy large geographic areas with different resource conditions, can enhance our understanding of plant responses to changes in environmental resources.
Yang-Ping Li, Wei-Tao Li, Yan-Fen Niu, Yu-Long Feng   +3 more
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Additional file 1: of Genetic analysis of seedling root traits reveals the association of root trait with other agronomic traits in maize

, 2018
Figure S1. Representative scanned image of Yu87â 1 root system in a seedling at 9 dag. The primary root and all the seminal and crown roots of each seedling were cut from the shoot prior to scanning, and a representative image is shown. (PDF 20 kb)
Ju, Chuanli, Zhang, Wei, Liu, Ya, Gao, Yufeng, Wang, Xiaofan, Yan, Jianbing, Yang, Xiaohong, Li, Jiansheng   +7 more
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