… overlapped for all traits measured. This study highlights the wide range of variability for …
root traits in rice. For example, root thickness ranged from 0.68 to 1.04 mm, seminal root xylem …

… of physio-morphological traits which may confer drought resistance in rice. These could be
… Since the rice root system is composed mainly of nodal roots, lines with a large number of …

… rice-growing regions face increasing water scarcity. This study describes drought responses
of 11 Egyptian rice cultivars with emphasis on plastic root … Since rice root architecture is …

… , there are far fewer observations of the root traits compared with shoot traits (Yang et al., …
the root morphological traits of “super” rice, such as root length density, root biomass, and root …

… of QTLs for complex traits such as root and drought tolerance traits. In the present study, 114
rice genotypes were evaluated for various root and shoot traits under water stress conditions…

… Our results showed that the root morphology of rice was improved … root physiological activity
was strengthened, root weight and root length increased, and the root oxidation activity, root …

… This approach should be useful to select varieties and traits toward specific environments, …
viewpoint of root traits. In this study, we assessed root and shoot traits of 70 rice varieties with …

… to justify introducing aquatic adventitious roots as a flood tolerance trait in rice cultivars for
areas experiencing shallow flooding causing partial submergence of paddy rice for months (…

… We attempt to study the associations between rice grain yield and root system parameters
… evaluated for root related traits at peak vegetative stage and grain yield related traits under …

… was to identify root and shoot traits that are associated with higher grain yield and higher NUE
in rice. … We argue that longer root length and greater root length density are two important …