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A rapid, controlled-environment seedling root screen for wheat correlates well with rooting depths at vegetative, but not reproductive, stages at two field sites.
Annals of botany - 1 Jul 2013
Watt M, Moosavi S, Cunningham S C, Kirkegaard J A, Rebetzke G J, Richards R A
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Root length and depth determine capture of water and nutrients by plants, and are targets for crop improvement. Here we assess a controlled-environment wheat seedling screen to determine speed, repeatability and relatedness to performance of young and adult plants in the field. METHODS: Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and diverse genotypes were grown in rolled, moist germination paper in...
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