Growth in Turface clay permits root hair phenotyping along the entire crown root in cereal and demonstrates that root hair growth can extend well beyond the root hair zone Final tech report Annex 10

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dc.contributor.authorGoron, T.L.
dc.contributor.authorWatts, S.
dc.contributor.authorShearer, C.
dc.contributor.authorRaizada, M.N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-20T19:46:46Z
dc.date.available2018-12-20T19:46:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.descriptionThis research was supported by grants from CIFSRF to MNR from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Ottawa) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development (DFATD).en
dc.descriptionThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.description.abstractIn cereal crops, root hairs are reported to function within the root hair zone to carry out important roles in nutrient and water absorption. Nevertheless, these single cells remain understudied due to the practical challenges of phenotyping these delicate structures in large cereal crops growing on soil or other growth systems. Here we present an alternative growth system for examining the root hairs of cereal crops: the use of coarse Turface® clay alongside fertigation. This system allowed for root hairs to be easily visualized along the entire lengths of crown roots in three different cereal crops (maize, wheat, and finger millet). Surprisingly, we observed that the root hairs in these crops continued to grow beyond the canonical root hair zone, with the most root hair growth occurring on older crown root segments. We suggest that the Turface® fertigation system may permit a better understanding of the changing dynamics of root hairs as they age in large plants, and may facilitate new avenues for crop improvement below ground. However, the relevance of this system to field conditions must be further evaluated in other crops.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/57414
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.subjectROOT HAIRen
dc.subjectWHEATen
dc.subjectMAIZEen
dc.subjectFINGER MILLETen
dc.subjectCEREALen
dc.subjectROOT HAIR ZONEen
dc.subjectTURFACEen
dc.subjectCLAYen
dc.subjectCROWN ROOTen
dc.titleGrowth in Turface clay permits root hair phenotyping along the entire crown root in cereal and demonstrates that root hair growth can extend well beyond the root hair zone Final tech report Annex 10en
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.number107791
idrc.project.titleNepal Terrace Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture Kits (CIFSRF Phase 2)en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC36-1643402171-202362
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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