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Method for Characterization of Root Traits in Chickpea Germplasm for Legume Genomics and Breeding
Yinglong Chen1,2, Tao Zhou3, Kadambot H M Siddique4,5
1The UWA Institute of Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. yinglong.chen@uwa.edu.au.
Abstract:
A semi-hydroponic phenotyping platform was constructed using inexpensive and easily obtained materials for characterizing root trait variability in a large set of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) germplasm. The system was designed to accommodate a large number of plants in a small area allowing relatively deeper root development, and thus serves as a high-throughput phenotyping tool for studying root dynamic growth. The root trait quantitative platform could provide accurate phenotyping data for parameterizing root models and for genome-wide association analyses or mapping studies of quantitative trait loci.
