Plant BiologybioRxiv
Capturing in-field root system dynamics with the RootTracker
J. J. Aguilar, M. Moore, L. Johnson…·P. N. Benfey
The paper introduces RootTracker, a device that measures root growth in the field, and finds that maize hybrids respond differently to drought by growing more and deeper roots.
DOI 10.1093/plphys/kiab352