Does half a millimetre matter? Root hairs for yield stability. A commentary on 'Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit'

Matthias Wissuwa; Josefine Kant

doi:10.1093/aob/mcab027

Does half a millimetre matter? Root hairs for yield stability. A commentary on 'Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit'

Ann Bot. 2021 Jul 28;128(1):iii-v. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab027.

Authors

Matthias Wissuwa¹, Josefine Kant²

Affiliations

¹ Tropical Agricultural Research Front, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, 305-8686,Japan.
² Institute for Bio-& Geosciences, Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich,Germany.

Abstract

This article comments on:

M. Marin, D. S. Feeney, L. K. Brown, M. Naveed, S. Ruiz, N. Koebernick, A. G. Bengough, P. D. Hallett, T. Roose, J. Puértolas, I. C. Dodd and T. S. George, Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit, Annals of Botany, Volume 128, Issue 1, 30 June 2021, Pages 3–18, 10.1093/aob/mcaa181

Keywords: Root hairs; water uptake; yield stability.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Phosphorus
Plant Roots*
Water*

Substances

Water
Phosphorus