Study: Salt induced changes in Root System Architecture
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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
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Phenotype NameTrait Ontology (TO)Environmental Ontoloy (EO)Unit Ontology (UO)# values
PC3sc75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC3sc125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC1sc125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC2sc0root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC1sc75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC3sc0root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC1sc0root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC2sc125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
PC2sc75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdimensionless unit326
MRVL125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumratio328
Apical75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumlength unit328
LRLpMRL1225root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumratio328
Apical125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumlength unit328
aLRL75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumlength unit328
LRDpMR125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumcount unit328
Branched0root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumlength unit328
MRVA0root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdegree328
MRVA75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumdegree328
LRDpMR75root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumcount unit328
Branched125root morphology traitvertical agar growth mediumlength unit328