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

Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change: a critical re-examination to identify the true and the false

(2011) D. S. Powlson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Genotypic variation for root traits of maize (Zea mays L.) from the Purhepecha Plateau under contrasting phosphorus availability

(2011) Jeannette S. Bayuelo-Jiménez et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Sequestering carbon in soils of agro-ecosystems

(2011) R. Lal   FOOD POLICY

Freshwater Methane Emissions Offset the Continental Carbon Sink

(2011) D. Bastviken et al.   SCIENCE

Developing greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK

(2010) Michael MacLeod et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Does North Appalachian agriculture contribute to soil carbon sequestration?

(2010) Rafael J. López-Bellido et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

No-tillage conversion of harvested perennial grassland to annual cropland reduces root biomass, decreases active carbon stocks, and impacts soil biota

(2010) S. Tianna DuPont et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Measurements necessary for assessing the net ecosystem carbon budget of croplands

(2010) Pete Smith et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield

(2010) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Competitive liquid biofuels from biomass

(2010) Ayhan Demirbas   APPLIED ENERGY

Brachypodium distachyon genomics for sustainable food and fuel production

(2010) Michael W Bevan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Relative importance of sorption versus aggregation for organic matter storage in subsoil horizons of two contrasting soils

(2010) C. Moni et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity-function relationships

(2010) U. N. Nielsen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Missing domesticated plant forms: can artificial selection fill the gap?

(2010) David L. Van Tassel et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Rapid, non-destructive carbon analysis of forest soils using neutron-induced gamma-ray spectroscopy

(2010) Lucian Wielopolski et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

The potential ofMiscanthusto sequester carbon in soils: comparing field measurements in Carlow, Ireland to model predictions

(2010) MARTA DONDINI et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Net greenhouse gas fluxes in Brazilian ethanol production systems

(2010) MARCELO VALADARES GALDOS et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited

(2010) Joseph J. Bozell et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

(2010) Jules Pretty et al.   International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Synergies between the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change in agriculture

(2010) P. SMITH et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Managing soils for a warming earth in a food-insecure and energy-starved world

(2010) Rattan Lal   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

The societal challenge of ocean acidification

(2010) C. Turley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A warm response by soils

(2010) Pete Smith et al.   NATURE

Temperature-associated increases in the global soil respiration record

(2010) Ben Bond-Lamberty et al.   NATURE

A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor controls cell growth and size in root hairs

(2010) Keke Yi et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean

(2010) Nianzhi Jiao et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options

(2010) Brajesh K. Singh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

AN ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF PLANT ROOT SYSTEMS

(2010) A. H. FITTER   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparisons between wild populations and bred perennial ryegrasses for root growth and root/shoot partitioning

(2010) J. R. Crush et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Adventitious root mass distribution in progeny of four perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenneL.) groups selected for root shape

(2010) JR Crush et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Warming alters the metabolic balance of ecosystems

(2010) G. Yvon-Durocher et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The future of the global food system

(2010) H. C. J. Godfray et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Shovelomics: high throughput phenotyping of maize (Zea mays L.) root architecture in the field

(2010) Samuel Trachsel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Potential mechanisms for achieving agricultural benefits from biochar application to temperate soils: a review

(2010) Christopher J. Atkinson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Getting to the root of plant biology: impact of the Arabidopsis genome sequence on root research

(2010) Philip N. Benfey et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

SHORT-ROOT Regulates Primary, Lateral, and Adventitious Root Development in Arabidopsis

(2010) M. Lucas et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Imaging and Analysis Platform for Automatic Phenotyping and Trait Ranking of Plant Root Systems

(2010) A. S. Iyer-Pascuzzi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics of Flowering Time Pathways Using Brachypodium distachyon as a Model for the Temperate Grasses

(2010) Janet A. Higgins et al.   PLoS One

Regional US carbon sinks from three-dimensional atmospheric CO2 sampling

(2010) C. Crevoisier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification

(2010) J. A. Burney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soil Carbon Sequestration in Grazing Lands: Societal Benefits and Policy Implications

(2010) Ronald F. Follett et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Soil Carbon Pools in California’s Annual Grassland Ecosystems

(2010) Whendee L. Silver et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Applications of stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry in cattle dung carbon cycling studies

(2010) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Besting Johnny Appleseed

(2010) S. Kean   SCIENCE

Effect of Ocean Acidification on Iron Availability to Marine Phytoplankton

(2010) D. Shi et al.   SCIENCE

Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors

(2010) J. F. Cahill et al.   SCIENCE

Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century

(2010) N. V. Fedoroff et al.   SCIENCE

The Invisible Hand Behind A Vast Carbon Reservoir

(2010) R. Stone   SCIENCE

Increased Food and Ecosystem Security via Perennial Grains

(2010) J. D. Glover et al.   SCIENCE

Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2010) C. Somerville et al.   SCIENCE

Breeding Technologies to Increase Crop Production in a Changing World

(2010) M. Tester et al.   SCIENCE

Renewable Chemical Commodity Feedstocks from Integrated Catalytic Processing of Pyrolysis Oils

(2010) T. P. Vispute et al.   SCIENCE

Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

(2010) M. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

The Growing Human Footprint on Coastal and Open-Ocean Biogeochemistry

(2010) S. C. Doney   SCIENCE

Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

(2010) C. Beer et al.   SCIENCE

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

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

Profile storage of organic/inorganic carbon in soil: From forest to desert

(2010) Yugang Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Estimating the component of soil respiration not dependent on living plant roots: Comparison of the indirect y-intercept regression approach and direct bare plot approach

(2010) Georgia R. Koerber et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Carbon input belowground is the major C flux contributing to leaf litter mass loss: Evidences from a 13C labelled-leaf litter experiment

(2010) M. Rubino et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Consequences of feasible future agricultural land-use change on soil organic carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions in Great Britain

(2010) P. Smith et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Quantitative trait loci for root morphology in response to low phosphorus stress in Brassica napus

(2010) Mei Yang et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Fine-mapping of qRL6.1, a major QTL for root length of rice seedlings grown under a wide range of NH4 + concentrations in hydroponic conditions

(2010) Mitsuhiro Obara et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

How understanding aboveground–belowground linkages can assist restoration ecology

(2010) Paul Kardol et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Genetic control of root development in rice, the model cereal

(2010) Yoan Coudert et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Soil carbon sequestration in a changing global environment

(2010) Felipe Macías et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Beyond Copenhagen: mitigating climate change and achieving food security through soil carbon sequestration

(2010) Rattan Lal   Food Security

Genome-Wide Effects of Long-Term Divergent Selection

(2010) Anna M. Johansson et al.   PLoS Genetics

Historical and future perspectives of global soil carbon response to climate and land-use changes

(2010) T. Eglin et al.   TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY

Refinement of rooting depths using satellite-based evapotranspiration seasonality for ecosystem modeling in California

(2009) Kazuhito Ichii et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Chasing the structures of small molecules in arbuscular mycorrhizal signaling

(2009) Marcel Bucher et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Genetic and genomic dissection of maize root development and architecture

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

Soil aggregation and carbon sequestration are tightly correlated with the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: results from long-term field experiments

(2009) Gail W. T. Wilson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Deep rooting and drought screening of cereal crops: A novel field-based method and its application

(2009) B.M. McKenzie et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with root growth in upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) exposed to soil water-deficit in fields with contrasting soil properties

(2009) J.E. Cairns et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Root phenomics of crops: opportunities and challenges

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

The shoot and root growth of Brachypodium and its potential as a model for wheat and other cereal crops

(2009) Michelle Watt et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Carbon sequestration under Miscanthus: a study of 13C distribution in soil aggregates

(2009) MARTA DONDINI et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Greenhouse gas emissions from four bioenergy crops in England and Wales: Integrating spatial estimates of yield and soil carbon balance in life cycle analyses

(2009) JONATHAN HILLIER et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Changes in soil organic carbon under biofuel crops

(2009) KRISTINA J. ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Biological weathering and the long-term carbon cycle: integrating mycorrhizal evolution and function into the current paradigm

(2009) L. L. TAYLOR et al.   Geobiology

The European carbon balance. Part 2: croplands

(2009) P. CIAIS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Natural selection and the evolutionary ecology of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Phylum Glomeromycota)

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

Organic carbon in soils of Germany:Status quoand the need for new data to evaluate potentials and trends of soil carbon sequestration

(2009) Annette Prechtel et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

PEP1 regulates perennial flowering in Arabis alpina

(2009) Renhou Wang et al.   NATURE

Plant hormones are versatile chemical regulators of plant growth

(2009) Aaron Santner et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Tracking the fate of dung-derived carbohydrates in a temperate grassland soil using compound-specific stable isotope analysis

(2009) Jennifer A.J. Dungait et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Food security: contributions from science to a new and greener revolution

(2009) J. Beddington   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant-microbe-soil interactions in the rhizosphere: an evolutionary perspective

(2009) Hans Lambers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance

(2009) Philippe Hinsinger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The Gibberellic Acid Stimulated-Like Gene Family in Maize and Its Role in Lateral Root Development

(2009) R. Zimmermann et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

High-Throughput Quantification of Root Growth Using a Novel Image-Analysis Tool

(2009) A. French et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

More Productive Than Maize in the Midwest: How Does Miscanthus Do It?

(2009) F. G. Dohleman et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Increasing Crop Productivity to Meet Global Needs for Feed, Food, and Fuel

(2009) M. D. Edgerton   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations during ancient greenhouse climates were similar to those predicted for A.D. 2100

(2009) D. O. Breecker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root system distribution of sugar cane as related to nitrogen fertilization, evaluated by two methods: monolith and probes

(2009) Rafael Otto et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO

No-Till: The Quiet Revolution

(2009) David R. Huggins et al.   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Changes in soil aggregation and glomalin-related soil protein content as affected by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species Glomus mosseae and Glomus intraradices

(2009) Stefano Bedini et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Arabidopsis lateral root development: an emerging story

(2009) Benjamin Péret et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Rice Root Genetic Architecture: Meta-analysis from a Drought QTL Database

(2009) Brigitte Courtois et al.   Rice

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in global carbon pools

(2008) R. Lal   Energy & Environmental Science

The Global Potential of Bioenergy on Abandoned Agriculture Lands

(2008) J. Elliott Campbell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of drought-resistance traits for development of rice cultivars adapted to rainfed environments

(2008) Akihiko Kamoshita et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Protection of organic carbon in soil microaggregates via restructuring of aggregate porosity and filling of pores with accumulating organic matter

(2008) John F. McCarthy et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: the potential of Miscanthus

(2008) EMILY A. HEATON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Water sources and nitrogen relations of grasses and shrubs in phreatophytic communities of the Great Basin Desert

(2008) D.E. Pataki et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Breeding upland rice for drought resistance

(2008) Jérôme Bernier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Prolonged suppression of ecosystem carbon dioxide uptake after an anomalously warm year

(2008) John A. Arnone III et al.   NATURE

Agrochemicals increase trematode infections in a declining amphibian species

(2008) Jason R. Rohr et al.   NATURE

Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification

(2008) Jason M. Hall-Spencer et al.   NATURE

Carrier-mediated cellular uptake of pharmaceutical drugs: an exception or the rule?

(2008) Paul D. Dobson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

(2008) Martin Parniske   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can transfer substantial amounts of nitrogen to their host plant from organic material

(2008) Joanne Leigh et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Sampling, defining, characterising and modeling the rhizosphere—the soil science tool box

(2008) Jörg Luster et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochemical cycling in the rhizosphere having an impact on global change

(2008) L. Philippot et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Rooting depth and water use efficiency of tropical maize inbred lines, differing in drought tolerance

(2008) Andreas Hund et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Southern Ocean acidification: A tipping point at 450-ppm atmospheric CO2

(2008) B. I. McNeil et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Off-line pyrolysis and compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of lignin moieties: a new method for determining the fate of lignin residues in soil

(2008) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Molecular Genetics of Rice Root Development

(2008) J. Rebouillat et al.   Rice

Defrosting the Digital Library: Bibliographic Tools for the Next Generation Web

(2008) Duncan Hull et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence

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

Marker-assisted selection: an approach for precision plant breeding in the twenty-first century

(2007) B. C.Y Collard et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture

(2007) P. Smith et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Carbon sequestration

(2007) R. Lal   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES