A Return to the Wild: Root Exudates and Food Security

• Published in: Trends in plant science Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 14 - 21
• Main Authors: Preece, Catherine, Peñuelas, Josep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; breeding programs; Crop production; crops; Crops, Agricultural; Environmental impact; Exudates; Exudation; fertiliser; Fertilizers; Food; Food security; Food Supply; global change; information sources; pesticide; Pesticides; rhizodeposition; root exudates; Soil; traits; wild ancestors; wild relatives; Wild type; agriculture; fertiliser; wild ancestors; rhizodeposition; traits; pesticide

Challenges to food security under conditions of global change are forcing us to increase global crop production. Focussing on belowground plant traits, especially root exudation, has great promise to meet this challenge. Root exudation is the release of a vast array of compounds into the soil. These...