Multi-dimensional leaf phenotypes reflect root system genotype in grafted grapevine over the growing season.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modern biological approaches generate volumes of multi-dimensional data, offering unprecedented opportunities to address biological questions previously beyond reach owing to small or subtle effects. A fundamental question in plant biology is the extent to which below-ground activity in the root system influences above-ground phenotypes expressed in the shoot system. Grafting, an ancient horticultural practice that fuses the root system of one individual (the rootstock) with the shoot system of a second, genetically distinct individual (the scion), is a powerful experimental system to understand below-ground effects on above-ground phenotypes. Previous studies on grafted grapevines have detected rootstock influence on scion phenotypes including physiology and berry chemi

SUBMITTER: Harris ZN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8716362 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature