ArticleFrontiers in plant science2016
Characterization of Pearl Millet Root Architecture and Anatomy Reveals Three Types of Lateral Roots.
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- Pearl millet response to drought: A review.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Pooled it
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- Millets for food and nutritional security in semi-arid Bundelkhand, India: historical, scientific, and socio-economic perspectives.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Harnessing genetic diversity for drought tolerance and forage yield improvement in pearl millet germplasms through a prebreeding framework.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Improved root architecture and seedling performance in pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) via radicle-tip excision.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- The root cortex of the Poaceae: a diverse, dynamic, and dispensable tissue.Plant and soil · 2025Review
- Mapping QTLs forFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Omics-driven utilization of wild relatives for empowering pre-breeding in pearl millet.Planta · 2024Review
- Primary, seminal and lateral roots of maize show type-specific growth and hydraulic responses to water deficit.Plant physiology · 2024Article
- Understanding role of roots in plant response to drought: Way forward to climate-resilient crops.The plant genome · 2024Review
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- Transcription factor bHLH121 regulates root cortical aerenchyma formation in maize.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Evaluation of millets for physio-chemical and root morphological traits suitable for resilient farming and nutritional security in Eastern Himalayas.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Iterative image segmentation of plant roots for high-throughput phenotyping.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Identification of Candidate Genes Regulating Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- The Potential of Using Chitosan on Cereal Crops in the Face of Climate Change.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Dissecting the Root Phenotypic and Genotypic Variability of the Iowa Mung Bean Diversity Panel.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Assessment of root phenotypes in mungbean mini-core collection (MMC) from the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) Taiwan.PloS one · 2021Article
- Genomic diversity in pearl millet inbred lines derived from landraces and improved varieties.BMC genomics · 2020Article
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Pearl millet plays an important role for food security in arid regions of Africa and India. Nevertheless, it is considered an orphan crop as it lags far behind other cereals in terms of genetic improvement efforts. Breeding pearl millet varieties with improved root traits promises to deliver benefits in water and nutrient acquisition. Here, we characterize early pearl millet root system development using several different root phenotyping approaches that include rhizotrons and microCT. We report that early stage pearl millet root system development is characterized by a fast growing primary root that quickly colonizes deeper soil horizons. We also describe root anatomical studies that revealed three distinct types of lateral roots that form on both primary roots and crown roots. Finally, we detected significant variation for two root architectural traits, primary root lenght and lateral root density, in pearl millet inbred lines. This study provides the basis for subsequent genetic experiments to identify loci associated with interesting early root development traits in this important cereal.
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