📢🌱 What an amazing week for #Root2Res! This week we held our General Assembly in Maribor, Slovenia. A busy few days with work package and crop updates, as well as interactive sessions to discuss our progress  👀Stay tuned!  👉 f.mtr.cool/v7yicp7llx

🚀 Exciting news!  #Root2ResToolboxes has been published in Innovation News Network magazine! 📰 They bring together practical methods that can be replicated and adapted to different crop varieties and conditions 🌿🌱 👉innovationnewsnetwork.com/a-…  👉 root2res.eu/r2r-toolboxes/

🌿 Can plant roots adapt when the environment changes? While a #RootIdeotype describes the ideal root system for a specific environment, #RootPlasticity is a plant's capacity to adjust its root traits in response to changing conditions 🌱 🎧 youtu.be/_VlmB0sq8Ds?si=IhkO…

🌱 What if crops could make better use of the phosphorus already in the soil? Root2Res has developed #RootIdeotypes for improved phosphorus uptake in cereals, faba bean and potato. 👇 Explore the infographic to see an example of the Root2Res phosphorus ideotype for cereals

💧 Can we replicate the ideal root system against drought or waterlogging? That's the idea behind #RootIdeotypes: a representation of an ideal root system for specific environmental conditions. 🌧️ Waterlogging 🌱 Early drought ☀️ Late drought 👇Check out the infographic

📢 Why are #ControlledConditions essential? #Root2Res relies on data from different studies, including field trials, in silico simulation models and controlled environments 🔬🌿 This allow us to bridge developments before scaling from non-soil to soil experiments

🌱 Can we identify resilient plants when they are only seedlings? The #SeedlingRootScreen system enables researchers to study root architecture during the earliest stages of plant development, when important differences between varieties are emerging 🎥  f.mtr.cool/voumaghdzi

🌱 Before roots can be measured, they need to be carefully recovered from the soil. That's where #RootWashing comes in. This phenotyping method allows researchers to assess key root traits such as: ✔️ Root length ✔️ Root diameter ✔️ Root biomass 🎥 f.mtr.cool/mphxrvgfzd

🌾 How do we study crop resilience in the soil at scale? The #PhenofieldPlatform, monitors how crop varieties respond to water stress under realistic yet carefully controlled field conditions🌦️ 🎥 f.mtr.cool/kztvlknuve 👉 #PhenotypingToolbox: f.mtr.cool/gukfcscxgt

👀 What if we could watch plants respond to water stress in real time, above and below ground? With the #PhysioTron, we can. This phenotyping platform allows researchers to monitor hundreds of plants under carefully controlled water stress conditions 🎥  youtu.be/wceXU3s6A50?si=vb_l…