Phenotyping Root Systems in a Set of Japonica Rice Accessions: Can Structural Traits Predict the Response to Drought?

Abstract Background The root system plays a major role in plant growth and development and root system architecture is reported to be the main trait related to plant adaptation to drought. However, phenotyping root systems in situ is not suited to high-throughput methods, leading to the development...

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Main Authors: Paulo Henrique Ramos Guimarães, Isabela Pereira de Lima, Adriano Pereira de Castro, Anna Cristina Lanna, Patrícia Guimarães Santos Melo, Marcel de Raïssac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Rice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12284-020-00404-5