Soil coring at multiple field environments can directly quantify variation in deep root traits to select wheat genotypes for breeding

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6231-6249

  Wasson, A P ^a   Rebetzke, G J ^a   Kirkegaard, J A ^a   Christopher, J ^b   Richards, R A ^a   Watt, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep roots; Field phenotyping; Physiological selection; Root penetration rate; Soil coring; Wheat breeding

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BREEDING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; WHEAT;

BREEDING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; TRITICUM;

EID: 84914815626     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru250     Document Type: Article

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