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Selection of wheat genotypes for biomass allocation to improve drought tolerance and carbon sequestration into soils

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Genome-wide association mapping in a diverse spring barley collection reveals the presence of QTL hotspots and candidate genes for root and shoot architecture traits at seedling stage

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Modern wheat semi-dwarfs root deep on demand: response of rooting depth to drought in a set of Swiss era wheats covering 100 years of breeding

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Harnessing Novel Diversity From Landraces to Improve an Elite Barley Variety

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Genetic Dissection of Root System Architectural Traits in Spring Barley

(2019) Zhongtao Jia et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Crop root systems and rhizosphere interactions

(2019) Yinglong Chen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Climate change has likely already affected global food production

(2019) Deepak K. Ray et al.   PLoS One

Water-conserving and biomass-allocation traits are associated with higher yields in modern cultivars compared to landraces of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in rainfed water-limited environments

(2019) Yi Jin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Physiological Basis of Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants: A Scenario-Dependent Probabilistic Approach

(2018) François Tardieu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize

(2018) Mutez Ali Ahmed et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Root Engineering in Barley: Increasing Cytokinin Degradation Produces a Larger Root System, Mineral Enrichment in the Shoot and Improved Drought Tolerance

(2018) Eswarayya Ramireddy et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Diversity in root growth responses to moisture deficit in young faba bean (Vicia faba L.) plants

(2018) Kiflemariam Yehuala Belachew et al.   PeerJ

Root System Architecture and Its Association with Yield under Different Water Regimes in Durum Wheat

(2018) K. El Hassouni et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Crop root system traits cannot be seen as a silver bullet delivering drought resistance

(2018) Jairo A. Palta et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Large Differences in Gene Expression Responses to Drought and Heat Stress between Elite Barley Cultivar Scarlett and a Spanish Landrace

(2017) Carlos P. Cantalapiedra et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Moderate Drought Stress Affected Root Growth and Grain Yield in Old, Modern and Newly Released Cultivars of Winter Wheat

(2017) Yan Fang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root traits and their potential links to plant ideotypes to improve drought resistance in common bean

(2017) Jose Polania et al.   Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

QTLs for root traits at mid-tillering and for root and shoot traits at maturity in a RIL population of spring bread wheat grown under well-watered conditions

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Identification of quantitative trait loci for agronomic traits contributed by a barley (Hordeum vulgare) Mediterranean landrace

(2016) Ridha Boudiar et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Vigorous Root Growth Is a Better Indicator of Early Nutrient Uptake than Root Hair Traits in Spring Wheat Grown under Low Fertility

(2016) Yaosheng Wang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Identification of Water Use Strategies at Early Growth Stages in Durum Wheat from Shoot Phenotyping and Physiological Measurements

(2016) Alireza Nakhforoosh et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Drought stress condition increases root to shoot ratio via alteration of carbohydrate partitioning and enzymatic activity in rice seedlings

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Characterization of Barley Leaf Tolerance to Drought Stress by Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies

(2014) M. Filek et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

Evaluation of juvenile drought stress tolerance and genotyping by sequencing with wild barley introgression lines

(2014) Nora Honsdorf et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Spanish barley landraces outperform modern cultivars at low-productivity sites

(2014) Samia Yahiaoui et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Steep, cheap and deep: an ideotype to optimize water and N acquisition by maize root systems

(2013) Jonathan P. Lynch   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Leaf proteome alterations in the context of physiological and morphological responses to drought and heat stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

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Physiological and yield responses of recombinant chromosome substitution lines of barley to terminal drought in a Mediterranean-type environment

(2012) A. del Pozo et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

GROWSCREEN-Rhizo is a novel phenotyping robot enabling simultaneous measurements of root and shoot growth for plants grown in soil-filled rhizotrons

(2012) Kerstin A. Nagel et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Progress in the Spanish National Barley Breeding Program

(2012) M. P. Gracia et al.   SPANISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Benefits of increased soil exploration by wheat roots

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

Large root systems: are they useful in adapting wheat to dry environments?

(2011) Jairo A. Palta et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Resistance to powdery mildew in Spanish barley landraces is controlled by different sets of quantitative trait loci

(2011) C. Silvar et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Drought tolerance of barley varieties in relation to their root system size

(2010) O. Chloupek et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Effective use of water (EUW) and not water-use efficiency (WUE) is the target of crop yield improvement under drought stress

(2009) A. Blum   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Temperature responses of roots: impact on growth, root system architecture and implications for phenotyping

(2009) Kerstin A. Nagel et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Translational research impacting on crop productivity in drought-prone environments

(2008) Matthew Reynolds et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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(2008) A. Pswarayi et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Quantitative trait loci associated with adaptation to Mediterranean dryland conditions in barley

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