Root phenotyping: From component trait in the lab to breeding

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5389-5401

  Kuijken, René C P ^a   Van Eeuwijk, Fred A ^a   Marcelis, Leo F M ^a   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genomic selection; heritability; phenotyping; rhizosphere; root exudation; root system architecture (RSA)

Indexed keywords

CROP; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOMICS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84940755145     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv239     Document Type: Review

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