DIRT/3D: 3D root phenotyping for field grown maize (Zea mays)

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Liu, Suxing, Barrow, Carlos, Hanlon, Meredith T, Lynch, Jonathan, Bucksch, Alexander
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 24.05.2021; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.3
• Subjects: Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Climate effects; Drought; Food security; Genotypes; Heritability; Organic soils; Phenotyping; Plant Biology; Water uptake; Zea mays

The development of crops with deeper roots holds substantial promise to mitigate the consequences of climate change. Deeper roots are an essential factor to improve water uptake as a way to enhance crop resilience to drought, to increase nitrogen capture to reduce fertilizer inputs and to increase c...