ArticleJournal of experimental botany2017
Characterising root trait variability in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm.
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- Advancing Chickpea Breeding: Omics Insights for Targeted Abiotic Stress Mitigation and Genetic Enhancement.Biochemical genetics · 2025Review
- From phenotyping to genetic mapping: identifying water-stress adaptations in legume root traits.BMC plant biology · 2024Review
- Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Impact of low light intensity on biomass partitioning and genetic diversity in a chickpea mapping population.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Sulla (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring root system architecture and anatomical variability in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seedlings.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Molecular Breeding and Drought Tolerance in Chickpea.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Natural Genotypic Variation Underpins Root System Response to Drought Stress in Bambara Groundnut [Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Root System Traits Contribute to Variability and Plasticity in Response to Phosphorus Fertilization in 2 Field-Grown Sorghum [Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
- Genetic variation in morphological traits in cotton and their roles in increasing phosphorus-use-efficiency in response to low phosphorus availability.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Rice Genotypes Express Compensatory Root Growth With Altered Root Distributions in Response to Root Cutting.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Characterization of Root System Architecture Traits in Diverse Soybean Genotypes Using a Semi-Hydroponic System.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Pulse Root Ideotype for Water Stress in Temperate Cropping System.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Novel Genes and Genetic Loci Associated With Root Morphological Traits, Phosphorus-Acquisition Efficiency and Phosphorus-Use Efficiency in Chickpea.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
- Phenotyping Root Systems in a Set of Japonica Rice Accessions: Can Structural Traits Predict the Response to Drought?Rice (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- The impact of the rhizobia-legume symbiosis on host root system architecture.Journal of experimental botany · 2020Review
- Phenotypic variability in bread wheat root systems at the early vegetative stage.BMC plant biology · 2020Article
- Wheat Cultivars With Contrasting Root System Size Responded Differently to Terminal Drought.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Early Season Drought Largely Reduces Grain Yield in Wheat Cultivars with Smaller Root Systems.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important grain legume crop but its sustainable production is challenged by predicted climate changes, which are likely to increase production limitations and uncertainty in yields. Characterising the variability in root architectural traits in a core collection of chickpea germplasm will provide the basis for breeding new germplasm with suitable root traits for the efficient acquisition of soil resources and adaptation to drought and other abiotic stresses. This study used a semi-hydroponic phenotyping system for assessing root trait variability across 270 chickpea genotypes. The genotypes exhibited large variation in rooting patterns and branching manner. Thirty root-related traits were characterised, 17 of which had coefficients of variation ≥0.3 among genotypes and were selected for further examination. The Pearson correlation matrix showed a strong correlation among most of the selected traits (P≤0.05). Principal component analysis revealed three principal components with eigenvalues >1 capturing 81.5% of the total variation. An agglomerative hierarchical clustering analysis, based on root trait variation, identified three genotype homogeneous groups (rescaled distance of 15) and 16 sub-groups (rescaled distance of 5). The chickpea genotypes characterised in this study with vastly different root properties could be used for further studies in glasshouses and field trials, and for molecular marker studies, gene mapping, and modelling simulations, ultimately aimed at breeding germplasm with root traits for improved adaptation to drought and other specific environments.
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