The current unpredictable climate changes are causing frequent and severe droughts. Such
circumstances emphasize the need to understand the response of plants to drought stress …

Given the rapid development of plant genomic technologies, a lack of access to plant
phenotyping capabilities limits our ability to dissect the genetics of quantitative traits …

Root systems determine the water and nutrients for photosynthesis and harvested products,
underpinning agricultural productivity. We highlight 11 programs that integrated root traits …

Drought is one of the most important environmental stresses affecting the productivity of
most field crops. Elucidation of the complex mechanisms underlying drought resistance in …

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

During the last years, a great effort has been dedicated at the development and employment
of diverse approaches for achieving more stress‐tolerant and climate‐flexible crops and …

Improving crops yield under water-limited conditions is the most daunting challenge faced
by breeders. To this end, accurate, relevant phenotyping plays an increasingly pivotal role …

The developmental plasticity of the root system represents a key adaptive trait enabling
plants to cope with abiotic stresses such as drought and is therefore important in the current …

Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water
uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface …

The challenge to produce more food for a rising global population on diminishing
agricultural land is complicated by the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity …