ReviewPlant, cell & environment2022
Optimisation of root traits to provide enhanced ecosystem services in agricultural systems: A focus on cover crops.
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- Beyond Nitrogen Fixation: Multifunctional Roles of Common Bean in Organic Agroecosystems and Ecosystem-Oriented Breeding Strategies.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Spatio-temporal dynamics of root traits regulate nutrient acquisition and yield of pigeonpea-wheat based system under organic and natural farming.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Pyrolysis temperature regulates biochar-soil interactions to enhance cation exchange capacity, plant growth, and photosynthetic performance.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Economic evaluation and intercropping indices of maize-common bean system under variable fertilization in Southwestern Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Legacy effects of cover cropping and crop phase on soybean health and associated rhizosphere microbiome in corn-soybean rotation.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- A leaf phenomics approach for estimating belowground traits in North American licorice.American journal of botany · 2026Article
- Plant-Associated Microbiomes: Crosstalk and Engineering to Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) in Crops of Global Importance.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Eco-physiological responses of Hieracium pilosella and Trifolium pratense to reduced air pressure.Plant physiology · 2026Article
- Quantitative analysis of root system architecture and fresh weight biomass traits highlight phenotypic variation in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) germplasm.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Editorial: Signaling in roots: the brain of the plant.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Crop wild relatives of legumes: evolutionary resources for climate-responsive pre-breeding.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Companion Crops as Catalysts for Sustainable Cover Cropping in Vineyards-A Critical Review and Research Agenda.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Root enhancement improves rhizosphere nutrient availability and promotes growth in flue-cured tobacco.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- The recent genetic modification techniques for improve soil conservation, nutrient uptake and utilization.GM crops & food · 2024Review
- Clear effects on root system architecture of winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) from cultivation environment and practices.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Genome-wide association studies of root system architecture traits in a broad collection ofFrontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Above- and belowground linkages during extreme moisture excess: leveraging knowledge from natural ecosystems to better understand implications for row-crop agroecosystems.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Article
- The next era of crop domestication starts now.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Breeding crops for drought-affected environments and improved climate resilience.The Plant cell · 2023Review
- A temporal analysis and response to nitrate availability of 3D root system architecture in diverse pennycress (Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Roots are the interface between the plant and the soil and play a central role in multiple ecosystem processes. With intensification of agricultural practices, rhizosphere processes are being disrupted and are causing degradation of the physical, chemical and biotic properties of soil. However, cover crops, a group of plants that provide ecosystem services, can be utilised during fallow periods or used as an intercrop to restore soil health. The effectiveness of ecosystem services provided by cover crops varies widely as very little breeding has occurred in these species. Improvement of ecosystem service performance is rarely considered as a breeding trait due to the complexities and challenges of belowground evaluation. Advancements in root phenotyping and genetic tools are critical in accelerating ecosystem service improvement in cover crops. In this study, we provide an overview of the range of belowground ecosystem services provided by cover crop roots: (1) soil structural remediation, (2) capture of soil resources and (3) maintenance of the rhizosphere and building of organic matter content. Based on the ecosystem services described, we outline current and promising phenotyping technologies and breeding strategies in cover crops that can enhance agricultural sustainability through improvement of root traits.
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