ArticleJournal of experimental botany2020
Root anatomical traits contribute to deeper rooting of maize under compacted field conditions.
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- Root phenotypes for improved nitrogen capture.Plant and soil · 2024Review
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- Mining genes regulating root system architecture in maize based on data integration analysis.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2023Article
- Functional implications of multiseriate cortical sclerenchyma for soil resource capture and crop improvement.AoB PLANTS · 2022Review
- Roots' Drought Adaptive Traits in Crop Improvement.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Gradual domestication of root traits in the earliest maize from Tehuacán.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Future roots for future soils.Plant, cell & environment · 2022Review
- Soil penetration by maize roots is negatively related to ethylene-induced thickening.Plant, cell & environment · 2022Article
- Integrated root phenotypes for improved rice performance under low nitrogen availability.Plant, cell & environment · 2022Article
- Theoretical evidence that root penetration ability interacts with soil compaction regimes to affect nitrate capture.Annals of botany · 2022Article
- Improving Soil Resource Uptake by Plants Through Capitalizing on Synergies Between Root Architecture and Anatomy and Root-Associated Microorganisms.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Global transcriptome and coexpression network analyses reveal cultivar-specific molecular signatures associated with different rooting depth responses to drought stress in potato.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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Abstract
To better understand the role of root anatomy in regulating plant adaptation to soil mechanical impedance, 12 maize lines were evaluated in two soils with and without compaction treatments under field conditions. Penetrometer resistance was 1-2 MPa greater in the surface 30 cm of the compacted plots at a water content of 17-20% (v/v). Root thickening in response to compaction varied among genotypes and was negatively associated with rooting depth at one field site under non-compacted plots. Thickening was not associated with rooting depth on compacted plots. Genotypic variation in root anatomy was related to rooting depth. Deeper-rooting plants were associated with reduced cortical cell file number in combination with greater mid cortical cell area for node 3 roots. For node 4, roots with increased aerenchyma were deeper roots. A greater influence of anatomy on rooting depth was observed for the thinner root classes. We found no evidence that root thickening is related to deeper rooting in compacted soil; however, anatomical traits are important, especially for thinner root classes.
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