Root Study: Why Is It behind Other Plant Studies? - American Journal of Plant Sciences

AJPS > Vol.4 No.2, February 2013

Root Study: Why Is It behind Other Plant Studies? ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2013.42026 4,308 Downloads 7,442 Views Citations

Author(s)

Moshe Silberbush

Affiliation(s)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jacob Blaustein Instutes for Desert Research-French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Sede-Boqer Campus, Midreshet-Ben-Gurion, Israel.

ABSTRACT

Until the 1980s, root studies were typically conducted in nutrient solution, because of the technical difficulties of studying roots in their natural environment, soil. Recent innovations and the realization that there are gaps between the expected and actual performance of plant root systems have emphasized the need for more realistic solutions. This review analyzes the study of plant roots in view of developments in soil science, microbiology, botany and plant physiology, and recently the introduction of molecular biology and computerized imaging.

KEYWORDS

Root Architecture; Nutrient Uptake Modeling; Rhizosphere; Soil and Root Relationships

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M. Silberbush, "Root Study: Why Is It behind Other Plant Studies?," American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2013, pp. 198-203. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2013.42026.

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