Harnessing root architecture to address global challenges

• Published in: The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology Vol. 109; no. 2; pp. 415 - 431
• Main Author: Lynch, Jonathan P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural conservation; agricultural conservation practice; Agricultural economics; Agriculture; architecture; carbon; Carbon - metabolism; Carbon dioxide; climate; Climate adaptation; computer simulation; Crop improvement; Crop production; Crops; Crops, Agricultural - anatomy & histology; Crops, Agricultural - genetics; Crops, Agricultural - physiology; Developing countries; Droughts; Economic development; Food security; Hypoxia; ideotypes; Impedance; LDCs; Low resistance; Mechanical impedance; Metabolism; nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Nutrients; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Phenotypic plasticity; phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; Plant Breeding; Plant growth; Plant Roots - anatomy & histology; Plant Roots - genetics; Plant Roots - physiology; Plant tissues; pollution; Production costs; Resilience; root; root growth; Root hairs; Rooting; Roots; Sequestering; Soil conservation; Soil mechanics; Special Issue; subsoil; Subsoils; Topsoil; Toxicity; water; Water - physiology; water; carbon; nitrogen; root; architecture; phosphorus

SUMMARY Root architecture can be targeted in breeding programs to develop crops with better capture of water and nutrients. In rich nations, such crops would reduce production costs and environmental pollution and, in developing nations, they would improve food security and economic development. Cro...