Multiple “omics” approaches have emerged as successful technologies for plant systems
over the last few decades. Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have paved a …

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 …

Nowadays, the worldwide agriculture is experiencing a transition process toward more
sustainable production, which requires the reduction of chemical inputs and the preservation …

As plants cannot relocate, they require effective root systems for water and nutrient uptake.
Root development plasticity enables plants to adapt to different environmental conditions …

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], an important oilseed crop, is a low-cost source of protein
and oil. In Southeast Asia and Africa, soybeans are widely cultivated for use as traditional …

Modifying root systems by crop breeding has been attracting increasing attention as a
potentially effective strategy to enhance the sustainability of agriculture by increasing soil …

While global climate change poses a significant environmental threat to agriculture, the
increasing population is another big challenge to food security. To address this, developing …

Image-based root phenotyping technologies, including the minirhizotron (MR), have
expanded our understanding of the in situ root responses to changing environmental …

The root system is vital for anchorage, mobilizing water and nutrients and symbiosis with soil
microbes, which influence adaptation and crop performance. However, root traits are not …

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