Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9029
ISSN: 2329-9029
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia, USA
Dr. Michael Gomez Selvaraj is the Professor and Leader Phenomics platform, Crop physiologist, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture. His study interests are major on Molecular Plant Breeding, Plant Breeding, Transgenics, Genotyping, Plant Physiology, etc. He had published more than 89 articles in different journals and the article got good citations in about 1260. He had worked in a project “Remote Sensing of Below Ground Biomass and NPP in Drylands” which is informative and interesting.
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Root Phenomics-New Windows to Understand Plant Performance and Increase Crop Productivity
Author(s): Michael Gomez Selvaraj, Satoshi Ogawa and Manabu Ishitani*
Roots with ideal characteristics are important for sustaining crop yields, particularly when plants are grown in soils with inadequate water and nutrients [1-4]. Understanding the development of roots and their interaction with the soil environment is vital to manipulate the root traits, and ultimately, the food security [5]. For instance, rice has a significant level of genetic variation in root traits [6-9], that can be harnessed for improving its adaptation to abiotic stresses. However, genetic improvement of root systems through phenotypic selection at the breeding level is impractical due to complexity in phenotyping root traits [3,10,11]... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2157-7048.23.16.532