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 …

Crop traits and production under drought

V Vadez, A Grondin, K Chenu, A Henry… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Drought limits crop productivity and threatens global food security, with moderate drought
stress—when crops grow at a reduced rate—commonly experienced. Increasing plant …

Genome-wide dissection of changes in maize root system architecture during modern breeding

W Ren, L Zhao, J Liang, L Wang, L Chen, P Li, Z Liu… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
Appropriate root system architecture (RSA) can improve maize yields in densely planted
fields, but little is known about its genetic basis in maize. Here we performed root …

Root system architecture in cereals: progress, challenges and perspective

S Maqbool, MA Hassan, X Xia, LM York… - The Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Roots are essential multifunctional plant organs involved in water and nutrient uptake,
metabolite storage, anchorage, mechanical support, and interaction with the soil …

Choreographing root architecture and rhizosphere interactions through synthetic biology

CJ Ragland, KY Shih, JR Dinneny - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is driving extreme changes to the environment, posing substantial threats to
global food security and bioenergy. Given the direct role of plant roots in mediating plant …

Gravity sensing and responses in the coordination of the shoot gravitropic setpoint angle

N Kawamoto, MT Morita - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gravity is one of the fundamental environmental cues that affect plant development. Indeed,
the plant architecture in the shoots and roots is modulated by gravity. Stems grow vertically …

Root angle is controlled by EGT1 in cereal crops employing an antigravitropic mechanism

R Fusi, S Rosignoli, H Lou… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Root angle in crops represents a key trait for efficient capture of soil resources. Root angle is
determined by competing gravitropic versus antigravitropic offset (AGO) mechanisms. Here …

Are crop deep roots always beneficial for combating drought: A review of root structure and function, regulation and phenotyping

B Li, X Zhang, S Morita, N Sekiya, H Araki, H Gu… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving crop drought resistance is crucial for mitigating the impacts of drought stress on
crop production worldwide. For a long time, deep roots have been considered one of the …

Ethylene regulates auxin-mediated root gravitropic machinery and controls root angle in cereal crops

X Kong, Y Xiong, X Song, S Wadey, S Yu… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Root angle is a critical factor in optimizing the acquisition of essential resources from
different soil depths. The regulation of root angle relies on the auxin-mediated root …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic regulation of the root angle in cereals

GK Kirschner, F Hochholdinger, S Salvi… - Trends in Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
The root angle plays a critical role in efficiently capturing nutrients and water from different
soil layers. Steeper root angles enable access to mobile water and nitrogen from deeper soil …