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Demystifying roots: A need for clarification and extended concepts in root phenotyping
Demystifying roots: A need for clarification and extended concepts in root phenotyping
Plant roots have major roles in plant anchorage, resource acquisition and offer environmental benefits including carbon sequestration and soil erosion mitigation. As such, the study of root system architecture, anatomy and functional properties is of crucial interest to plant breeding, with the aim...
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Personal Name(s): | Lobet, Guillaume |
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Paez-Garcia, Ana / Schneider, Hannah / Junker, Astrid / Atkinson, Jonathan A. / Tracy, Saoirse (Corresponding author) | |
Contributing Institute: |
Agrosphäre; IBG-3 |
Published in: | Plant science, 282 (2019) S. 11-13 |
Imprint: |
Amsterdam [u.a.]
Elsevier Science
2019
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DOI: |
10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.09.015 |
PubMed ID: |
31003606 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction |
Link: |
Published on 2018-09-25. Available in OpenAccess from 2020-09-25. Published on 2018-09-25. Available in OpenAccess from 2020-09-25. |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/22092 in citations.
Plant roots have major roles in plant anchorage, resource acquisition and offer environmental benefits including carbon sequestration and soil erosion mitigation. As such, the study of root system architecture, anatomy and functional properties is of crucial interest to plant breeding, with the aim of sustainable yield production and environmental stewardship.Due to the importance of the root system studies, there is a need for clarification of terms and concepts in the root phenotyping community. In particular in this contribution, we advocate for the use of a reference naming system (ontologies) for roots and root phenes. Such uniformity would not only allow better understanding of research results, but would also enable a better sharing of data. In addition, we highlight the need to incorporate the concept of plasticity in breeding programs, as it is an essential component of root system development in heterogeneous environments. |