An Analysis of Soil Coring Strategies to Estimate Root Depth in Maize (Zea mays) and Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

• Published in: Plant phenomics Vol. 2020; p. 3252703
• Main Authors: Burridge, James D., Black, Christopher K., Nord, Eric A., Postma, Johannes A., Sidhu, Jagdeep S., York, Larry M., Lynch, Jonathan P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 01.01.2020; AAAS
• Subjects: BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; beans; canopy; computer simulation; corn; discriminant analysis; Phaseolus vulgaris; phenomics; root systems; soil; t-test; Zea mays

A soil coring protocol was developed to cooptimize the estimation of root length distribution (RLD) by depth and detection of functionally important variation in root system architecture (RSA) of maize and bean. The functional-structural model was used to perform soil coring at six locations on thre...