{"id":892,"date":"2018-10-04T07:48:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T07:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plant-phenomics.ac.uk\/?p=892"},"modified":"2019-06-04T14:12:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:12:31","slug":"root-imaging-showing-comparisons-in-root-distribution-and-ontogeny-in-novel-festulolium-populations-and-closely-related-perennial-ryegrass-varieties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plant-phenomics.ac.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/root-imaging-showing-comparisons-in-root-distribution-and-ontogeny-in-novel-festulolium-populations-and-closely-related-perennial-ryegrass-varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"Root imaging showing comparisons in root distribution and ontogeny in novel Festulolium populations and closely related perennial ryegrass varieties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"accordion-tabbed__tab-mobile  accordion__closed\"><a id=\"a1_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Humphreys%2C+Mike+W\" data-id=\"a1\" data-db-target-for=\"a1\" aria-controls=\"a1\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Mike W. Humphreys, <\/a><a id=\"a2_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Doonan%2C+John+H\" data-id=\"a2\" data-db-target-for=\"a2\" aria-controls=\"a2\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">John H. Doonan,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a3_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Boyle%2C+Roger\" data-id=\"a3\" data-db-target-for=\"a3\" aria-controls=\"a3\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Roger Boyle,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a4_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Rodriguez%2C+Anyela+C\" data-id=\"a4\" data-db-target-for=\"a4\" aria-controls=\"a4\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Anyela C. Rodriguez<\/a>, <a id=\"a5_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Marley%2C+Christina+L\" data-id=\"a5\" data-db-target-for=\"a5\" aria-controls=\"a5\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Christina L. Marley,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a6_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Williams%2C+Kevin\" data-id=\"a6\" data-db-target-for=\"a6\" aria-controls=\"a6\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Kevin Williams,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a7_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Farrell%2C+Markku+S\" data-id=\"a7\" data-db-target-for=\"a7\" aria-controls=\"a7\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Markku S. Farrell<\/a>, <a id=\"a8_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Brook%2C+Jason\" data-id=\"a8\" data-db-target-for=\"a8\" aria-controls=\"a8\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Jason Brook<\/a>, <a id=\"a9_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Gasior%2C+Dagmara\" data-id=\"a9\" data-db-target-for=\"a9\" aria-controls=\"a9\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Dagmara Gasior<\/a>, <a id=\"a10_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Loka%2C+Dimitra\" data-id=\"a10\" data-db-target-for=\"a10\" aria-controls=\"a10\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Dimitra Loka,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a11_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Collins%2C+Rosemary+P\" data-id=\"a11\" data-db-target-for=\"a11\" aria-controls=\"a11\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Rosemary P. Collins<\/a>, <a id=\"a12_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Marshall%2C+Athole+H\" data-id=\"a12\" data-db-target-for=\"a12\" aria-controls=\"a12\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Athole H. Marshall<\/a>, <a id=\"a13_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Allen%2C+Debbie+K\" data-id=\"a13\" data-db-target-for=\"a13\" aria-controls=\"a13\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Debbie K. Allen<\/a>, <a id=\"a14_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Yadav%2C+Rattan+S\" data-id=\"a14\" data-db-target-for=\"a14\" aria-controls=\"a14\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Rattan S. Yadav<\/a>,<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-tabbed__tab-mobile  accordion__closed\"><a id=\"a15_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Dungait%2C+Jennifer+A+J\" data-id=\"a15\" data-db-target-for=\"a15\" aria-controls=\"a15\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Jennifer A. J. Dungait,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a16_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Murray%2C+Phil\" data-id=\"a16\" data-db-target-for=\"a16\" aria-controls=\"a16\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Phil Murray,&nbsp;<\/a><a id=\"a17_Ctrl\" class=\"author-name accordion-tabbed__control\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/action\/doSearch?ContribAuthorStored=Harper%2C+John+A\" data-id=\"a17\" data-db-target-for=\"a17\" aria-controls=\"a17\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">John A. Harper<i class=\"icon-mail_outline\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>The incorporation of new sophisticated phenotyping technologies within a crop improvement program allows for a plant breeding strategy that can include selections for major root traits previously inaccessible due to the challenges in their phenotype assessment. High\u2010throughput precision phenotyping technology is employed to evaluate root ontogeny and progressive changes to root architecture of both novel amphiploid and introgression lines of <i>Festulolium<\/i> over four consecutive months of the growing season and these compared under the same time frame to that of closely related perennial ryegrass (<i>L.&nbsp;perenne<\/i>) varieties. Root imaging using conventional photography and assembled multiple merged images was used to compare frequencies in root number, their distribution within 0\u201320 and 20\u201340&nbsp;cm depths within soil columns, and progressive changes over time. The <i>Festulolium<\/i> hybrids had more extensive root systems in comparison with <i>L.&nbsp;perenne<\/i>, and this was especially evident at depth. It was shown that the acquisition of extensive root systems in <i>Festulolium<\/i> hybrids was not dependent on the presence of an entire <i>Festuca<\/i> genome. On the contrary, the most pronounced effect on root development within the four <i>Festulolium<\/i> populations studied was observed in the introgression line Bx509, where a single small genome sequence from <i>F.&nbsp;arundinacea<\/i> had been previously transferred onto its homoeologous site on the long arm of chromosome 3 of an otherwise complete <i>L.&nbsp;perenne<\/i> genome. 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