[HTML][HTML] Crop improvement from phenotyping roots: highlights reveal expanding opportunities

SR Tracy, KA Nagel, JA Postma, H Fassbender… - Trends in plant …, 2020 - cell.com
Root systems determine the water and nutrients for photosynthesis and harvested products,
underpinning agricultural productivity. We highlight 11 programs that integrated root traits …

Differential manipulation of leaf angle throughout the canopy: current status and prospects

MB Mantilla-Perez… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Leaf angle is defined as the inclination between the midrib of the leaf blade and the vertical
stem of a plant. This trait has been identified as a key component in the development of high …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of silicon and proline application on the oxidative machinery in drought-stressed sugar beet

MDF AlKahtani, YM Hafez, K Attia, E Rashwan… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drought stress deleteriously affects growth, development and productivity in plants. So, we
examined the silicon effect (2 mmol) and proline (10 mmol) individually or the combination …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for Drought Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L.) Germplasm Using Germination and Seedling Traits under Simulated Drought Conditions

A Badr, HH El-Shazly, RA Tarawneh, A Börner - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Maize is known to be susceptible to drought stress, which negatively affects vegetative
growth and biomass production, as well as the formation of reproductive organs and yield …

[HTML][HTML] Shaping 3D root system architecture

EC Morris, M Griffiths, A Golebiowska, S Mairhofer… - Current biology, 2017 - cell.com
Plants are sessile organisms rooted in one place. The soil resources that plants require are
often distributed in a highly heterogeneous pattern. To aid foraging, plants have evolved …

[HTML][HTML] Capability of Sentinel-2 data for estimating maximum evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements for tomato crop in Central Italy

S Vanino, P Nino, C De Michele, SF Bolognesi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The occurrence of water shortages ascribed to projected climate change, especially in the
Mediterranean region, fosters the interest in remote sensing (RS) applications to optimize …

Phenotyping: new windows into the plant for breeders

M Watt, F Fiorani, B Usadel, U Rascher… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Plant phenotyping enables noninvasive quantification of plant structure and function and
interactions with environments. High-capacity phenotyping reaches hitherto inaccessible …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium application enhances drought stress tolerance in sugar beet and promotes plant biomass and beetroot sucrose concentration

SA Hosseini, E Réthoré, S Pluchon, N Ali… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Numerous studies have demonstrated the potential of sugar beet to lose the final sugar yield
under water limiting regime. Ample evidences have revealed the important role of mineral …

Comparative genetic evaluation of maize inbred lines at seedling and maturity stages under drought stress

A Shahzad, H Gul, M Ahsan, D Wang… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
A shortage of water acutely restricts maize plant development, which ultimately limits maize
production. The identification of the potential genotypes under drought stress is essential for …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and classification of maize drought stress using deep convolutional neural network

J An, W Li, M Li, S Cui, H Yue - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
Drought stress seriously affects crop growth, development, and grain production. Existing
machine learning methods have achieved great progress in drought stress detection and …