Chapter title |
Measuring Plant Root Traits Under Controlled and Field Conditions: Step-by-Step Procedures
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Chapter number | 1 |
Book title |
Root Development
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, March 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7747-5_1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7746-8, 978-1-4939-7747-5
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Authors |
Benjamin M. Delory, Emanuela W. A. Weidlich, Richard van Duijnen, Loïc Pagès, Vicky M. Temperton, Delory, Benjamin M., Weidlich, Emanuela W. A., van Duijnen, Richard, Pagès, Loïc, Temperton, Vicky M. |
Abstract |
In this chapter, we present methods that we routinely use to measure plant root traits in the field and under controlled environmental conditions (using rhizoboxes). We describe procedures to (1) collect, wash, and store root samples, (2) acquire images of washed root samples, and (3) measure root traits using image analysis. In addition, we also describe sampling methods for studying belowground productivity, soil exploration, and root distribution in the first soil layers at the community level (soil coring and ingrowth core method). Because the use of rhizoboxes allows a nondestructive and dynamic measurement of traits hardly accessible in the field, a section of this chapter is devoted to the acquisition and analysis of images of roots growing in rhizoboxes. |
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