Soil coring at multiple field environments can directly quantify variation in deep root traits to select wheat genotypes for breeding

A rapid, controlled-environment seedling root screen for wheat correlates well with rooting depths at vegetative, but not reproductive, stages at two field sites

(2013) M. Watt et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plot size matters: interference from intergenotypic competition in plant phenotyping studies

(2013) Greg J. Rebetzke et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Wheat genotypes with high early vigour accumulate more nitrogen and have higher photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency during early growth

(2013) Jiayin Pang et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Soil conditions and cereal root system architecture: review and considerations for linking Darwin and Weaver

(2013) Sarah M. Rich et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Control of root system architecture by DEEPER ROOTING 1 increases rice yield under drought conditions

(2013) Yusaku Uga et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Prognosis for genetic improvement of yield potential and water-limited yield of major grain crops

(2012) Antonio J. Hall et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genomic regions for canopy temperature and their genetic association with stomatal conductance and grain yield in wheat

(2012) Greg J. Rebetzke et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

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

Benefits of increased soil exploration by wheat roots

(2011) J.M. Lilley et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Combining gibberellic acid-sensitive and insensitive dwarfing genes in breeding of higher-yielding, sesqui-dwarf wheats

(2011) G.J. Rebetzke et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Partitioning of assimilates to deeper roots is associated with cooler canopies and increased yield under drought in wheat

(2010) Marta S. Lopes et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Breeding for improved water productivity in temperate cereals: phenotyping, quantitative trait loci, markers and the selection environment

(2010) Richard A. Richards et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Increasing productivity by matching farming system management and genotype in water-limited environments

(2010) J. A. Kirkegaard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Quantification of roots and seeds in soil with real-time PCR

(2009) Ian T. Riley et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Winter wheat roots grow twice as deep as spring wheat roots, is this important for N uptake and N leaching losses?

(2009) Kristian Thorup-Kristensen 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

Types, structure and potential for axial water flow in the deepest roots of field-grown cereals

(2008) Michelle Watt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST