About this Research Topic
Despite being the ‘hidden half’, plant roots are a major contributor to plant performance and yield, because they take up water and nutrients from the soil and interact with the soil microbiota. Understanding root anatomy, root development and root system architecture as well as the interaction of roots with their environment is re crucial for creating root systems adapted to different environmental conditions, such as drought, low-nutrient soil, flooding or facing soil-borne pathogens. For that, we still need a more fundamental understanding of root-related processes in model plants as well as the translation of the research to crop plants.
This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of root processes using phenomics and genomics, to ultimately provide insights into crop improvement strategies. Researchers are invited to contribute their findings, bridging the gap between genotype and phenotype for sustainable agriculture.
We welcome submissions that enhance our fundamental understanding of processes related to root development, anatomy, and architecture, as well as water and nutrient uptake and root-microbe interactions both in the model plant Arabidopsis and in crop plants; furthermore, studies in crop plants that broaden our knowledge on how roots influence crop plant performance, for example in regard to water or nutrient uptake, interactions with soil pathogens or beneficial bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Utilizing phenomics for root system architecture and plasticity against abiotic and biotic stresses
• Multi-omics approaches to dissect physiological and genetic basis of plant nutrients and water use efficiency
• Development of novel high-throughput root phenotyping platforms for high resolution genes functional characterization
• QTLs identification associated to root traits through genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of root processes using phenomics and genomics, to ultimately provide insights into crop improvement strategies. Researchers are invited to contribute their findings, bridging the gap between genotype and phenotype for sustainable agriculture.
We welcome submissions that enhance our fundamental understanding of processes related to root development, anatomy, and architecture, as well as water and nutrient uptake and root-microbe interactions both in the model plant Arabidopsis and in crop plants; furthermore, studies in crop plants that broaden our knowledge on how roots influence crop plant performance, for example in regard to water or nutrient uptake, interactions with soil pathogens or beneficial bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Utilizing phenomics for root system architecture and plasticity against abiotic and biotic stresses
• Multi-omics approaches to dissect physiological and genetic basis of plant nutrients and water use efficiency
• Development of novel high-throughput root phenotyping platforms for high resolution genes functional characterization
• QTLs identification associated to root traits through genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
Keywords: Root Characterization, Phenomics, Genomics, Root Anatomy, Root Development
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