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. 2019 Oct 15;70(19):5036-5039.
doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz315.

A 'nodemap' to sustainable maize roots: linking nitrogen and water uptake improvements

Beatriz Lagunas  1 , Ian C Dodd  2 , Miriam L Gifford  1
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A 'nodemap' to sustainable maize roots: linking nitrogen and water uptake improvements

Beatriz Lagunas et al. J Exp Bot. .

Abstract

This article comments on:

Guo H, York LM. 2019. Maize with fewer nodal roots allocates mass to more lateral and deep roots that improve nitrogen uptake and shoot growth. Journal of Experimental Botany70, 5299–5309.

Yang JT, Schneider HM, Brown KM, Lynch JP. 2019. Genotypic variation and nitrogen stress effects on root anatomy in maize are node-specific. Journal of Experimental Botany70, 5311–5325.

Keywords: Maize; nitrogen acquisition; nitrogen use efficiency; nodal roots; root system architecture.

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