Wheat root systems as a breeding target for climate resilience

ES Ober, S Alahmad, J Cockram, C Forestan… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021‏ - Springer
In the coming decades, larger genetic gains in yield will be necessary to meet projected
demand, and this must be achieved despite the destabilizing impacts of climate change on …

[HTML][HTML] Root phenoty** for drought tolerance: a review

A Wasaya, X Zhang, Q Fang, Z Yan - Agronomy, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
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 …

Potential breeding strategies for improving salt tolerance in crop plants

M Afzal, SES Hindawi, SS Alghamdi… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023‏ - Springer
Salinity is one of the significant abiotic stresses that negatively affect plant production
processes, growth, and development, which ultimately reduce yield. Plants adapt specific …

Root system architecture in cereals: progress, challenges and perspective

S Maqbool, MA Hassan, X ** the root system architecture in plants for adaptation to drought stress
A Ranjan, R Sinha, SL Singla‐Pareek… - Physiologia …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Root system architecture plays an important role in plant adaptation to drought stress. The
root system architecture (RSA) consists of several structural features, which includes number …

Smart engineering of genetic resources for enhanced salinity tolerance in crop plants

A Arzani, M Ashraf - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
Salinity is a consistent factor of crop productivity loss in the world and in particular arid and
semi-arid areas where the soil salinity and saline water are major problems. Plants employ …

Prioritizing quantitative trait loci for root system architecture in tetraploid wheat

M Maccaferri, W El-Feki, G Nazemi… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Optimization of root system architecture (RSA) traits is an important objective for modern
wheat breeding. Linkage and association map** for RSA in two recombinant inbred line …

RUSSELL REVIEW Are plant roots only “in” soil or are they “of” it? Roots, soil formation and function

PJ Gregory - European Journal of Soil Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Roots are near‐ubiquitous components of soils globally but have often been regarded as
separate from the soil rather than a substantial factor in determining what soil is and how it …

Fast‐Track Introgression of “QTL‐hotspot” for Root Traits and Other Drought Tolerance Traits in JG 11, an Elite and Leading Variety of Chickpea

RK Varshney, PM Gaur, SK Chamarthi… - The Plant …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
A “QTL‐hotspot” containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) for several root and drought tolerance
traits was transferred through marker‐assisted backcrossing into JG 11, a leading variety of …

Plant water uptake in drying soils

G Lobet, V Couvreur, F Meunier, M Javaux… - Plant …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Over the last decade, investigations on root water uptake have evolved toward a deeper
integration of the soil and roots compartment properties, with the goal of improving our …