RootScape: A Landmark-Based System for Rapid Screening of Root Architecture in Arabidopsis

RootScape: A landmark-based system for rapid screening of root architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana

RootScape: a landmark-based system for rapid screening of root architecture in Arabidopsis.

The architecture of plant roots affects essential functions including nutrient and water uptake, soil anchorage, and symbiotic interactions. Root architecture comprises many features that arise from the growth of the primary and lateral roots. These root features are dictated by the genetic background but are also highly responsive to the environment. Thus, root system architecture (RSA) repres...

RootScape: A Landmark-Based System for Rapid Screening of Root Architecture in Arabidopsis1[W][OA]

Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003 (D.R., U.R., G.K., S.R., K.D.B., G.M.C.); Faculty of Agriculture, University of Goce Delcev, 2000 Stip, Republic of Macedonia (D.R.); and Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes-Claude Grignon, Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, National Institute for Agricultural Research/SupAgro/UM2, 340...

Phosphate availability regulates root system architecture in Arabidopsis.

Plant root systems are highly plastic in their development and can adapt their architecture in response to the prevailing environmental conditions. One important parameter is the availability of phosphate, which is highly immobile in soil such that the arrangement of roots within the soil will profoundly affect the ability of the plant to acquire this essential nutrient. Consistent with this, t...

Root system architecture: insights from Arabidopsis and cereal crops.

Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface between the plant and various biotic and abiotic factors in the soil environment. Understanding the development and architecture of roots holds potential for the exploitation and manipulation of root characteristics t...