Tremendous progress has been made with continually expanding genomics technologies to
unravel and understand crop genomes. However, the impact of genomics data on crop …

Highlights•RSA is determined by interacting genetic and environmental factors.•RSA can
provide growth advantages under different environmental conditions.•Expression of a …

Plant roots show a particularly high variation in their morphological response to different
nutrient deficiencies. Although such changes often determine the nutrient efficiency or stress …

Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential nutrients for plants, and is indispensable for plant
growth and development. P deficiency severely limits crop yield, and regular fertilizer …

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 …

Phosphorus (P) is often an important limiting factor for crop yields, but rock phosphate as
fertilizer is a non-renewable resource and expected to become scarce in the future. High P …

We present a novel image analysis tool that allows the semiautomated quantification of
complex root system architectures in a range of plant species grown and imaged in a variety …

The genus Brachypodium represents a model system that is advancing our knowledge of
the biology of grasses, including small grains, in the postgenomics era. The most widely …

Low soil phosphorus (P) availability is a major constraint for crop production in tropical
regions. The rice (Oryza sativa) protein kinase, PHOSPHORUS-STARVATION …

Background A quantitative characterization of root system architecture is currently being
attempted for various reasons. Non-destructive, rapid analyses of root system architecture …