Contributions of roots and rootstocks to sustainable, intensified crop production

Initial alteration of scion architecture by dwarfing apple rootstocks may involve shoot-root-shoot signalling by auxin, gibberellin, and cytokinin

(2016) Van Hooijdonk et al.   JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE & BIOTECHNOLOGY

What are the implications of variation in root hair length on tolerance to phosphorus deficiency in combination with water stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare)?

(2012) L.K. Brown et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Quantifying the impact of soil compaction on root system architecture in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by X-ray micro-computed tomography

(2012) Saoirse R. Tracy et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Soil strength and macropore volume limit root elongation rates in many UK agricultural soils

(2012) Tracy A. Valentine et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Putative resistance gene markers associated with quantitative trait loci for fire blight resistance in Malus ‘Robusta 5’ accessions

(2012) Susan E Gardiner et al.   BMC GENETICS

Rootstock-regulated gene expression patterns associated with fire blight resistance in apple

(2012) Philip J Jensen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Development of a dense SNP-based linkage map of an apple rootstock progeny using the Malus Infinium whole genome genotyping array

(2012) Laima Antanaviciute et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Estimating root-soil contact from 3D X-ray microtomographs

(2012) S. Schmidt et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops

(2012) A. P. Wasson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fine genetic mapping of the Co locus controlling columnar growth habit in apple

(2012) Tuanhui Bai et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Rootstock control of scion transpiration and its acclimation to water deficit are controlled by different genes

(2012) Elisa Marguerit et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root elongation is restricted by axial but not by radial pressures: so what happens in field soil?

(2012) A. Glyn Bengough   PLANT AND SOIL

Radial force development during root growth measured by photoelasticity

(2012) Evelyne Kolb et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Roles of root border cells in plant defense and regulation of rhizosphere microbial populations by extracellular DNA ‘trapping’

(2012) Martha C. Hawes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Water Dynamics of the Root Zone: Rhizosphere Biophysics and Its Control on Soil Hydrology

(2012) A.G. Bengough   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services

(2011) D.S. Powlson et al.   FOOD POLICY

Identification and genetic characterization of a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene that controls tree stature and reproductive growth in plum

(2011) I. El-Sharkawy et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Identification of serine/threonine kinase and nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes in the fire blight resistance quantitative trait locus of apple cultivar ‘Evereste’

(2011) GABRIELLA PARRAVICINI et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Plant and microbial strategies to improve the phosphorus efficiency of agriculture

(2011) Alan E. Richardson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root-targeted biotechnology to mediate hormonal signalling and improve crop stress tolerance

(2011) Michel Edmond Ghanem et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Quantifying rhizosphere particle movement around mutant maize roots using time-lapse imaging and particle image velocimetry

(2010) A. V. Vollsnes et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Genetic variability for root morph-architecture traits and root growth dynamics as related to phosphorus efficiency in soybean

(2010) Junhua Ao et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Selection of entomopathogenic nematodes for enhanced responsiveness to a volatile root signal helps to control a major root pest

(2010) I. Hiltpold et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits

(2010) A. Glyn Bengough et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Food: An underground revolution

(2010) Virginia Gewin   NATURE

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

(2010) H. C. J. Godfray et al.   SCIENCE

Hormonal signaling in rootstock–scion interactions

(2010) B. Aloni et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Genome mapping of an apple scab, a powdery mildew and a woolly apple aphid resistance gene from open-pollinated Mildew Immune Selection

(2010) Vincent G. M. Bus et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes

Relationships between xylem vessel characteristics, calculated axial hydraulic conductance and size-controlling capacity of peach rootstocks

(2009) S. Tombesi et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)—Is there potential for genetic interventions in the Triticeae?

(2009) Guntur Venkata Subbarao et al.   BREEDING SCIENCE

Will nutrient-efficient genotypes mine the soil? Effects of genetic differences in root architecture in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) on soil phosphorus depletion in a low-input agro-ecosystem in Central America

(2009) Amelia Henry et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Root phenomics of crops: opportunities and challenges

(2009) Peter J. Gregory et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Two distinct major QTL for resistance to fire blight co-localize on linkage group 12 in apple genotypes ‘Evereste’ and Malus floribunda clone 821

(2009) C.-E. Durel et al.   GENOME

Functional Analysis of the N Terminus of theErwinia amylovoraSecreted Effector DspA/E Reveals Features Required for Secretion, Translocation, and Binding to the Chaperone DspB/F

(2009) Lindsay R. Triplett et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Rhizosphere engineering and management for sustainable agriculture

(2009) Peter R. Ryan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance

(2009) Philippe Hinsinger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The distribution and abundance of wheat roots in a dense, structured subsoil – implications for water uptake

(2009) ROSEMARY G. WHITE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The sequences of ArabidopsisGA-INSENSITIVERNA constitute the motifs that are necessary and sufficient for RNA long-distance trafficking

(2009) Nien-Chen Huang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Genetic mapping of the crown gall resistance gene of the wild apple Malus sieboldii

(2009) Shigeki Moriya et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes

When Roots Lose Contact

(2009) Andrea Carminati et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Measuring root traits in barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare and ssp. spontaneum) seedlings using gel chambers, soil sacs and X-ray microtomography

(2008) Caroline E. Hargreaves et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Genetic Opportunities to Improve Cereal Root Systems for Dryland Agriculture

(2008) Richard A. Richards   PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Effect of seedbed cultivation and soil macrostructure on the establishment of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum)

(2008) Brian. S. Atkinson et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence

(2007) J. Pretty   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES