Phenotyping wheat root system architecture for deep rooting traits and greater deep water acquisition as a strategy to escape drought

Postma, Johannes Auke; Kuppe, Christian; Wojciechowski, Tobias; van Dusschoten, Dagmar; Nagel, Kerstin

Poster

FZJ-2014-06612

Phenotyping wheat root system architecture for deep rooting traits and greater deep water acquisition as a strategy to escape drought

Postma, J. A. (Corresponding Author)FZJ* ; Nagel, K.FZJ* ; Kuppe, C.FZJ* ; van Dusschoten, D.FZJ* ; Wojciechowski, T.FZJ*

2014

Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium, HEDWIC, Frankfurt, Germany, 2 Dec 2014 - 4 Dec 2014

Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/8165

Abstract: Deep rooting, as a strategy to avoid drought, has been studied however current technological advances with high field MRI, low field NMR and high throughput root phenotyping methods, allow for a radically new approach and novel insights into how and when deep rooting results in deep water extraction and what traits may influence rooting depth, including tradeoffs such as the aforementioned connection between dwarfing and rooting depth.

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