Genetic dissection of the root system architecture QTLome and its relationship with early shoot development, breeding and adaptation in durum wheat.

ABSTRACT: Root system architecture (RSA), shoot architecture, and shoot-to-root biomass allocation are critical for optimizing crop water and nutrient capture and ultimately grain yield. Nevertheless, only a few studies adequately dissected the genetic basis of RSA and its relationship to shoot development. Herein, we dissected at a high level of details the RSA-shoot QTLome in a panel of 194 elite durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum Desf.) varieties from worldwide adopting high-throughput phenotyping platform (HTPP) and genome-wide association study (GWAS). Plants were grown in controlled conditions up to the seventh leaf appearance (late tillering) in the GROWSCREEN-Rhizo, a rhizobox platform integrated with automated monochrome camera for root imaging, which allowed us to phenotype the pane

SUBMITTER: Sciara G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12604081 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature