LEADER (Leaf Element Accumulation from Deep Roots): a nondestructive phenotyping platform to estimate rooting depth in the field

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Hanlon, Meredith T., Brown, Kathleen M., Lynch, Jonathan P.
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 02.05.2023
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Plant Biology

Deeper rooted crops are an avenue to increase plant water and nitrogen uptake under limiting conditions and increase long-term soil carbon storage. Measuring rooting depth, however, is challenging due to the destructive, laborious, or imprecise methods that are currently available. Here, we present...