Shovelomics: high throughput phenotyping of maize (Zea mays L.) root architecture in the field

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 341; no. 1-2; pp. 75 - 87
• Main Authors: Trachsel, Samuel, Kaeppler, Shawn M, Brown, Kathleen M, Lynch, Jonathan P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.04.2011; Springer; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: adults; Agricultural soils; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Architecture; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brace root; branching; Computer industry; Corn; Criminal investigation; crops; crossing; Crown root; Ecology; flowering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; genotype; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; High throughput phenotyping; inbred lines; Life Sciences; Pennsylvania; Phenotypic traits; Plant Physiology; Plant roots; Plant Sciences; Plants; Regular Article; Root angles; Root architecture; Root branching; Root crown; Root systems; Roots; sand; Sand soils; Sandy soils; Silt loam; silt loam soils; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil types; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; Toy industry; Trees; Wisconsin; Zea mays; Zea mays L; United States; Wisconsin; Pennsylvania; USA, Wisconsin; USA, Pennsylvania; Root architecture; Root angles; Brace root; L; Crown root; Root branching; High throughput phenotyping; Branching; Monocotyledones; Vegetals; Zea mays; Root; C4-Type; Cereal crop; Field; Phenotype; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Vegetative apparatus; Spermatophyta; Soil plant relation; Zea mays L

We present a method to visually score 10 root architectural traits of the root crown of an adult maize plant in the field in a few minutes. Phenotypic profiling of three recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations of maize (Zea mays L.; B73xMo17, Oh43xW64a, Ny821xH99) was conducted in 2008 in a silt l...