ArticleJournal of experimental botany2020
Genetic control of root architectural plasticity in maize.
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- Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction of root system architecture in a diverse field-grown maize panel.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Genetic Basis of Nitrogen-Deficiency-Induced Root Cortical Aerenchyma in Maize Revealed by GWAS and Transcriptome Analysis.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Identification of water deficit stress tolerant genotypes of common bean using adaptive root and shoot traits under different screening systems.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Embracing plant plasticity or robustness as a means of ensuring food security.Nature communications · 2025Review
- The recent genetic modification techniques for improve soil conservation, nutrient uptake and utilization.GM crops & food · 2024Review
- Root plasticity improves maize nitrogen use when nitrogen is limiting: an analysis using 3D plant modelling.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Integrating GWAS with a gene co-expression network better prioritizes candidate genes associated with root metaxylem phenes in maize.The plant genome · 2024Article
- Genetic control of root architectural traits under drought stress in spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).The plant genome · 2024Article
- Genetic dissection of root architectural plasticity and identification of candidate loci in response to drought stress in bread wheat.BMC genomic data · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Inbred Maize (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mining genes regulating root system architecture in maize based on data integration analysis.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2023Article
- Complex genetic architecture underlying the plasticity of maize agronomic traits.Plant communications · 2023Article
- Tapping into the plasticity of plant architecture for increased stress resilience.F1000Research · 2023Review
- Root angle in maize influences nitrogen capture and is regulated by calcineurin B-like protein (CBL)-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 15 (ZmCIPK15).Plant, cell & environment · 2022Article
- Root Pulling Force Across Drought in Maize Reveals Genotype by Environment Interactions and Candidate Genes.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Maize root responses to drought stress depend on root class and axial position.Journal of plant research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Root phenotypes regulate soil resource acquisition; however, their genetic control and phenotypic plasticity are poorly understood. We hypothesized that the responses of root architectural phenes to water deficit (stress plasticity) and different environments (environmental plasticity) are under genetic control and that these loci are distinct. Root architectural phenes were phenotyped in the field using a large maize association panel with and without water deficit stress for three seasons in Arizona and without water deficit stress for four seasons in South Africa. All root phenes were plastic and varied in their plastic response. We identified candidate genes associated with stress and environmental plasticity and candidate genes associated with phenes in well-watered conditions in South Africa and in well-watered and water-stress conditions in Arizona. Few candidate genes for plasticity overlapped with those for phenes expressed under each condition. Our results suggest that phenotypic plasticity is highly quantitative, and plasticity loci are distinct from loci that control phene expression in stress and non-stress, which poses a challenge for breeding programs. To make these loci more accessible to the wider research community, we developed a public online resource that will allow for further experimental validation towards understanding the genetic control underlying phenotypic plasticity.
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