Abiotic stresses increasingly threaten existing ecological and agricultural systems across the
globe. Plant roots perceive these stresses in the soil and adapt their architecture …

Plant phenotype plays an important role in genetics, botany, and agronomy, while the
currently popular methods for phenotypic trait measurement have some limitations in …

A key goal of biology is to understand phenotypic characteristics, such as health, disease
and evolutionary fitness. Phenotypic variation is produced through a complex web of …

With increasing demand to support and accelerate progress in breeding for novel traits, the
plant research community faces the need to accurately measure increasingly large numbers …

Climate change is multi-faceted, and includes changing concentrations of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere, rising temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and …

To face future challenges in crop production dictated by global climate changes, breeders
and plant researchers collaborate to develop productive crops that are able to withstand a …

Plant roots play a significant role in plant growth by exploiting soil resources via the uptake
of water and nutrients. Root traits such as fine root diameter, specific root length, specific root …

Due to limited availability of arable land and the high market demand for vegetables around
the world, cucurbit (cucumber, melon, and watermelon) and solanaceous (eggplant, pepper …

Plant phenoty** refers to a quantitative description of the plant's anatomical,
ontogenetical, physiological and biochemical properties. Today, rapid developments are …

Greater exploitation of subsoil resources by annual crops would afford multiple benefits,
including greater water and N acquisition in most agroecosystems, and greater …