A new project funded by United States Department of Agriculture/ National Institute of Food and Agriculture PIs: Jonathan Lynch, Hannah Schneider, Francisco Dini-Andreote
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An Integrated Phenotyping Platform for Deeper Roots.
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Investigating the impact of root anatomical traits on drought tolerance, phosphorus deficiency, and nitrogen deficiency in the greenhouse and field.
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A novel trait to increase drought tolerance by reducing the metabolic cost of soil exploration
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The Roots Lab has pioneered the study of root system architecture as a conglomerate of root phenes in both maize and common bean.
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This project develops novel modeling tools and deploys them to understand how we can develop more efficient, resilient crops urgently needed in global agriculture.
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This project is developing new traits and phenotyping platforms to improve the drought tolerance of maize.
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