The field of biology has seen tremendous technological progress in recent years, fuelled by
the exponential growth in processing power and high‐level computing, and the rise of global …

The current pace of crop improvement is inadequate to feed the burgeoning human
population by 2050. Higher, more stable, and sustainable crop production is required …

Optical sensors and sensing-based phenotyping techniques have become mainstream
approaches in high-throughput phenotyping for improving trait selection and genetic gains …

Many different experimental approaches have been applied to elaborate and study the
beneficial interactions between soil bacteria and plants. Some of these methods focus on …

Roots assist plants in absorbing water and nutrients from soil. Thus, they are vital to the
survival of nearly all land plants, considering that plants cannot move to seek optimal …

Roots anchor plants to the soil, providing them with nutrients and water while creating a
defence network and facilitating beneficial interactions with a multitude of living organisms …

The development of crops with deeper roots holds substantial promise to mitigate the
consequences of climate change. Deeper roots are an essential factor to improve water …

Legumes form symbioses with rhizobia to fix N2 in root nodules to supplement their nitrogen
(N) requirements. Many studies have shown how symbioses affect the shoot, but far less is …

Chickpea is a nutrition-rich, cropping-system friendly, climate-resilient, and low-cost
production crop. It has large economic potential in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region …

Collecting and analyzing hyperspectral imagery (HSI) of plant roots over time can enhance
our understanding of their function, responses to environmental factors, turnover, and …