TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lobet, Guillaume
AU  - Paez-Garcia, Ana
AU  - Schneider, Hannah
AU  - Junker, Astrid
AU  - Atkinson, Jonathan A.
AU  - Tracy, Saoirse
TI  - Demystifying roots: A need for clarification and extended concepts in root phenotyping
JO  - Plant science
VL  - 282
SN  - 0168-9452
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - FZJ-2018-05865
SP  - 11-13
PY  - 2019
AB  - Plant roots have major roles in plant anchorage, resource acquisition and offer environmental benefits including carbon sequestration and soil erosion mitigation. As such, the study of root system architecture, anatomy and functional properties is of crucial interest to plant breeding, with the aim of sustainable yield production and environmental stewardship.Due to the importance of the root system studies, there is a need for clarification of terms and concepts in the root phenotyping community. In particular in this contribution, we advocate for the use of a reference naming system (ontologies) for roots and root phenes. Such uniformity would not only allow better understanding of research results, but would also enable a better sharing of data. In addition, we highlight the need to incorporate the concept of plasticity in breeding programs, as it is an essential component of root system development in heterogeneous environments.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31003606
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000466829900003
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.09.015
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/856471
ER  -