Roots Lab
The overall research focus of the Roots Lab at Penn State is understanding the genetic, physiological, and ecological basis of plant adaptation to drought and low soil fertility.
Since most soils on earth suffer from drought and one or more nutritional problems, this subject is of considerable importance for two of the great challenges confronting humanity: how to sustainably support over 7 billion people, and how to deal with global environmental change. More about the Roots Lab ...
Latest Publications
April 29, 2022
Developmental morphology and anatomy shed light on both parallel and convergent evolution of the umbellate inflorescence in Monocots, underlied by a new variant of metatopy.
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April 22, 2022
Gradual domestication of root traits in the earliest maize from Tehuacan
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April 13, 2022
The importance of edaphic stress interactions for plant function: important yet poorly understood drivers of plant production in future climates.
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April 11, 2022
Multi-objective optimization of root phenotypes for nutrient acquisition using evolutionary algorithms
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