ReviewPlant, cell & environment2022
Future roots for future soils.
Review in Plant, cell & environment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.
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38 citing papers in PubMed.
- Genotype-Specific Root System Remodeling ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Broad environmental adaptation is associated with root anatomical phenotypes in maize landraces: an in silico study.Annals of botany · 2026Article
- Integrating soil imaging with spatial omics to uncover root-soil interactions.Plant communications · 2026Review
- A leaf phenomics approach for estimating belowground traits in North American licorice.American journal of botany · 2026Article
- Response of plant roots to mechanical environmental stimuli.Horticulture research · 2026Article
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- Diversity of root system architecture and root-shoot biomass allocation in industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.).PloS one · 2026Article
- From rhizome diffusion to programmable architecture: a systems framework for controllable spatial expansion in bamboo and other clonal plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Research neglect of root system architecture in root and tuber crops important for Sub-Saharan African Food Security.PloS one · 2026Article
- Environmental regulation of root growth angle in cereal crops.Plant and soil · 2026Review
- Digging for meaningful connections: associations between root phenotypes and rhizosphere microbial diversity in maize.Plant and soil · 2026Article
- Method for the Dissection of Genomic Loci Associated with Chickpea Root Penetration Traits in Compact Soil.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Did crop domestication change the fitness landscape of root response to soil mechanical impedance? An in silico analysis.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- The role of aerenchymatous gas spaces in root sodium ion management under salt stress: do they matter in rice?Annals of botany · 2025Article
- RootXplorer: A computer vision-based 3D phenotyping platform for high-throughput quantification and spatio-temporal analysis of root system penetrability.Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- In silico analysis of the evolution of root phenotypes during maize domestication in Neolithic soils of Tehuacán.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Root anatomy governs bi-directional resource transfer in mycorrhizal symbiosis.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils.Nature plants · 2025Article
- Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis of maize roots response to different degrees of drought stress.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Root Circumnutation Reduces Mechanical Resistance to Soil Penetration.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
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Abstract
Mechanical impedance constrains root growth in most soils. Crop cultivation changed the impedance characteristics of native soils, through topsoil erosion, loss of organic matter, disruption of soil structure and loss of biopores. Increasing adoption of Conservation Agriculture in high-input agroecosystems is returning cultivated soils to the soil impedance characteristics of native soils, but in the low-input agroecosystems characteristic of developing nations, ongoing soil degradation is generating more challenging environments for root growth. We propose that root phenotypes have evolved to adapt to the altered impedance characteristics of cultivated soil during crop domestication. The diverging trajectories of soils under Conservation Agriculture and low-input agroecosystems have implications for strategies to develop crops to meet global needs under climate change. We present several root ideotypes as breeding targets under the impedance regimes of both high-input and low-input agroecosystems, as well as a set of root phenotypes that should be useful in both scenarios. We argue that a 'whole plant in whole soil' perspective will be useful in guiding the development of future crops for future soils.
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