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Root system markup language: toward a unified root architecture description language

Guillaume Lobet1, Michael P Pound1, Julien Diener1

  • 1PhytoSYSTEMS, Université de Liège, 4000 Liege, Belgium (G.L.);Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (M.P.P.);Virtual Plants, Inria, Cirad, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 34095 Montpellier, France (J.D., C.P., C.G.);Institut de Biologie Computationnelle, F-34095 Montpellier, France (C.P.);Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (X.D., M.J., F.M.);Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften: Agrosphäre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Julich, Germany (M.J., A.S.);Computational Science Center, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria (D.L.);Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Physiology, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/SupAgro-M/UM2, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, 34060 Montpellier cedex 1, France (P.N.); andSchool of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG8 1BB, United Kingdom (T.P.P.).

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