Shovelomics: High throughput phenotyping of maize (Zea mays L.) root architecture in the field

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Trachsel, Samuel ^a   Kaeppler, Shawn M ^b   Brown, Kathleen M ^a   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brace root; Crown root; High throughput phenotyping; Root angles; Root architecture; Root branching; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; MAIZE; PHENOTYPE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SANDY SOIL; SILTY LOAM;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952617747     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0623-8     Document Type: Article

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