How do photosynthetic responses to fluctuating light vary across populations of crop plants and are these genetically controlled?
Tag - phenotyping
William Salter
Growing biofuels in marginal land
A problem with growing biofuels is that they can take land needed for food. What happens when you start growing biofuels on marginal land where food crops are not possible?
Fi Gennu
Integrated approach to maximize trait selection
There were many great articles concerning cross-disciplinary research at the interface between plant biology, mathematics and computer science before the launch in silico Plants (isP). We are excited for isP to be home...
Rachel Shekar
Seeking stable traits to characterize the root system architecture
The shape of the root system creates a lot of the context for plants to interact with a source of nutrients, water and pathogens. If you can characterize root system architecture, then you can investigate root functions...
botanyone
Deep rooting in a wheat doubled haploid population with wild emmer introgression
This is the first study to identify QTLs for rooting at depth in field-grown wheat at mature growth stages.
Branching patterns of monocots and dicots
Branching patterns of root systems are characterized and compared by Pagès with a set of six quantitative traits revealing interspecific variations and correlations, suggesting trade-offs. The ‘fineness-density’ and...
Breeding strategies for forage and grass improvement
The November issue of Annals of Botany features a Highlight section focussing on the often neglected area of forage, turf and bioenergy crops. The eight papers cover a wide range of subjects, from a general overview of...
