Root anatomy and soil resource capture

JP Lynch, CF Strock, HM Schneider, JS Sidhu, I Ajmera… - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Background Suboptimal water and nutrient availability are primary constraints in global
agriculture. Root anatomy plays key roles in soil resource acquisition. In this article we …

Improving water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiency, and radiation use efficiency in field crops under drought stress: A review

H Ullah, R Santiago-Arenas, Z Ferdous, A Attia… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Raising temperature and increased drought events induced by a changing climate have
increased the need for efficient use of natural resources and energy supplies. Producing …

Identification of QTLs and candidate loci associated with drought-related traits of the K/Z RIL rice population

Y Dwiningsih, J Thomas, A Kumar, C Gupta, N Gill… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Background: Rice is the main staple food for the global population and drought is one of the
limited factor in rice production. In this research, progeny of a cross between an adapted US …

Stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, and transpiration efficiency in relation to leaf anatomy in rice and wheat genotypes under drought

W Ouyang, PC Struik, X Yin… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Increasing leaf transpiration efficiency (TE) may provide leads for growing rice like dryland
cereals such as wheat (Triticum aestivum). To explore avenues for improving TE in rice …

Genetics and genomics of root system variation in adaptation to drought stress in cereal crops

MN Siddiqui, J Léon, AA Naz… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cereals are important crops worldwide that help meet food demands and nutritional needs.
In recent years, cereal production has been challenged globally by frequent droughts and …

Root‐specific NF‐Y family transcription factor, PdNF‐YB21, positively regulates root growth and drought resistance by abscisic acid‐mediated indoylacetic acid …

Y Zhou, Y Zhang, X Wang, X Han, Y An, S Lin… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Root growth control plays an important role in plant adaptation to drought stress, but the
underlying molecular mechanisms of this control remain largely elusive. Here, a root …

Multiseriate cortical sclerenchyma enhance root penetration in compacted soils

HM Schneider, CF Strock, MT Hanlon… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Mechanical impedance limits soil exploration and resource capture by plant roots. We
examine the role of root anatomy in regulating plant adaptation to mechanical impedance …

The physiological and genetic basis of combined drought and heat tolerance in wheat

PJ Tricker, A ElHabti, J Schmidt… - Journal of experimental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Drought and heat stress cause losses in wheat productivity in major growing regions
worldwide, and both the occurrence and the severity of these events are likely to increase …

Root xylem plasticity to improve water use and yield in water-stressed soybean

SJ Prince, M Murphy, RN Mutava… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We tested the hypothesis that increasing the number of metaxylem vessels would enhance
the efficiency of water uptake in soybean (Glycine max) and decrease the yield gap in water …

Genetic control of plasticity in root morphology and anatomy of rice in response to water deficit

NN Kadam, A Tamilselvan, LMF Lawas… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Elucidating the genetic control of rooting behavior under water-deficit stress is essential to
breed climate-robust rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars. Using a diverse panel of 274 indica …