10.21958/study:36 ( format_quoteCite )

Salt stress affects not only plant size, but also plant architecture. In this study, we focused on salt stress-induced changes to Root System Architecture, by germinating the seedlings on vertical agar growth medium (no salt) and transplanting 4 days old seedlings into plates containing 0, 75 and 125 mM NaCl. The Root System Architecture phenotypes were quantified using EZ-Rhizo software for at least 4 replicates per accession per condition. The plants grown under control conditions were measured 4 days after transfer (8 days after germination), while plants growing at both salt stress conditions were measured 8 days after transfer (12 days after germination). The Root System Architecture traits include Main Root Length, Total Root Size, Lateral Root Length and ~ Density, as well as the length of individual zones (basal, branching, apical) on the main root. The results of this study were published as Julkowska et al., Plant Cell, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.16.00680

• Trait ontology
• Environment Ontology
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• Genetic Components of Root Architecture Remodeling in Response to Salt Stress

  Magdalena M. Julkowska, Iko T. Koevoets, Selena Mol, Huub Hoefsloot, Richard Feron, Mark A. Tester, Joost J.B. Keurentjes, Arthur Korte, Michel A. Haring, Gert-Jan de Boer, Christa Testerink

  The Plant Cell. 2017 29: 3198--3213. doi: 10.1105/tpc.16.00680