Deep soil exploration vs. topsoil exploitation: distinctive rooting strategies between wheat landraces and wild relatives

Global patterns of terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

(2020) Enzai Du et al.   Nature Geoscience

Root phenotypes for improved nutrient capture: an underexploited opportunity for global agriculture

(2019) Jonathan P. Lynch   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2019) Cordula N. Friedli et al.   EUPHYTICA

Maize with fewer nodal roots allocates mass to more lateral and deep roots that improve nitrogen uptake and shoot growth

(2019) Haichao Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Comparative response to drought in primitive and modern wheat: a cue on domestication

(2019) Guang-Chao Lv et al.   PLANTA

Genome-wide polymorphisms from RNA sequencing assembly of leaf transcripts facilitate phylogenetic analysis and molecular marker development in wild einkorn wheat

(2019) Asami Michikawa et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

CRootBox: a structural–functional modelling framework for root systems

(2018) Andrea Schnepf et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary agroecology: trends in root architecture during wheat breeding

(2018) Yong‐He Zhu et al.   Evolutionary Applications

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

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

Hyperspectral imaging: a novel approach for plant root phenotyping

(2018) Gernot Bodner et al.   Plant Methods

Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping

(2018) Jonathan A Atkinson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Root Tip Shape Governs Root Elongation Rate under Increased Soil Strength

(2017) Tino Colombi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Ancestral QTL Alleles from Wild Emmer Wheat Enhance Root Development under Drought in Modern Wheat

(2017) Lianne Merchuk-Ovnat et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

An Updated Protocol for High Throughput Plant Tissue Sectioning

(2017) Jonathan A. Atkinson et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

RGB and Spectral Root Imaging for Plant Phenotyping and Physiological Research: Experimental Setup and Imaging Protocols

(2017) Gernot Bodner et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Physiological breeding

(2016) Matthew Reynolds et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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

Management of crop water under drought: a review

(2015) Gernot Bodner et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Can diversity in root architecture explain plant water use efficiency? A modeling study

(2015) Stefania Tron et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Root traits contributing to drought tolerance of synthetic hexaploid wheat in a greenhouse study

(2015) Steven R. Becker et al.   EUPHYTICA

Impact of domestication on the phenotypic architecture of durum wheat under contrasting nitrogen fertilization

(2015) Tania Gioia et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Root hydraulics: The forgotten side of roots in drought adaptation

(2014) Vincent Vadez   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genotypic differences in deep water extraction associated with drought tolerance in wheat

(2014) Eric S. Ober et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Spring barley shows dynamic compensatory root and shoot growth responses when exposed to localised soil compaction and fertilisation

(2014) Johannes Pfeifer et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Root anatomical phenes associated with water acquisition from drying soil: targets for crop improvement

(2014) Jonathan P. Lynch et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Wheat root diversity and root functional characterization

(2014) Alireza Nakhforoosh et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The Optimal Lateral Root Branching Density for Maize Depends on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Availability

(2014) J. A. Postma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Variability of Root Traits in Spring Wheat Germplasm

(2014) Sruthi Narayanan et al.   PLoS One

Challenges of modifying root traits in crops for agriculture

(2014) Robert Meister et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

(2013) Jonathan P. Lynch   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

Auxin Controls Gravitropic Setpoint Angle in Higher Plant Lateral Branches

(2013) Suruchi Roychoudhry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Introgression of Novel Traits from a Wild Wheat Relative Improves Drought Adaptation in Wheat

(2013) D. F. Placido et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Post-embryonic root organogenesis in cereals: branching out from model plants

(2013) Beata Orman-Ligeza et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Field high-throughput phenotyping: the new crop breeding frontier

(2013) José Luis Araus et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A statistical approach to root system classification

(2013) Gernot Bodner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root traits for infertile soils

(2013) Philip J. White et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root traits contributing to plant productivity under drought

(2013) Louise H. Comas et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Designing high-yielding wheat ideotypes for a changing climate

(2013) Mikhail A. Semenov et al.   Food and Energy Security

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

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

Breeding crop plants with deep roots: their role in sustainable carbon, nutrient and water sequestration

(2011) D. B. Kell   ANNALS OF BOTANY

From lab to field, new approaches to phenotyping root system architecture

(2011) Jinming Zhu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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

Root Phenes for Enhanced Soil Exploration and Phosphorus Acquisition: Tools for Future Crops

(2011) J. P. Lynch   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Why are wheat yields stagnating in Europe? A comprehensive data analysis for France

(2010) Nadine Brisson et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Global water crisis and future food security in an era of climate change

(2010) Munir A. Hanjra et al.   FOOD POLICY

A plant root system architectural taxonomy: A framework for root nomenclature

(2010) R. W. Zobel et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Genetic and genomic dissection of maize root development and architecture

(2009) Frank Hochholdinger et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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

Root phenomics of crops: opportunities and challenges

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

The effects of dwarfing genes on seedling root growth of wheat

(2009) T. Wojciechowski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The nature of selection during plant domestication

(2009) Michael D. Purugganan et al.   NATURE

Translational research impacting on crop productivity in drought-prone environments

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

Wild emmer: genetic resources, gene mapping and potential for wheat improvement

(2008) Weilong Xie et al.   EUPHYTICA