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Research focuses on understanding the basis of plant adaptation to drought and low soil fertility. This encompasses physiology, genetics and ecology, centered on organismic processes.
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Recent Publications
Location: Root architecture structures rhizosphere microbial associations
Galindo-Castañeda, T., Hartmann, M. & Lynch, J. P., Jan 10 2024, In: Journal of experimental botany. 75, 2, p. 594-604 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
LEADER (Leaf Element Accumulation from DEep Roots): A nondestructive phenotyping platform to estimate rooting depth in the field
Hanlon, M. T., Brown, K. M. & Lynch, J. P., Jan 1 2024, In: Crop Science. 64, 1, p. 333-353 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Root anatomy and biomechanical properties: improving predictions through root cortical and stele properties
Meijer, G. J., Lynch, J. P., Chimungu, J. G. & Loades, K. W., Jul 2024, In: Plant and Soil. 500, 1-2, p. 587-603 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cortical cell size regulates root metabolic cost
Sidhu, J. S. & Lynch, J. P., Jun 2024, In: Plant Journal. 118, 5, p. 1343-1357 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A role for fermentation in aerobic conditions as revealed by computational analysis of maize root metabolism during growth by cell elongation
Hunt, H., Leape, S., Sidhu, J. S., Ajmera, I., Lynch, J. P., Ratcliffe, R. G. & Sweetlove, L. J., Dec 2023, In: Plant Journal. 116, 6, p. 1553-1570 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Large root cortical cells and reduced cortical cell files improve growth under suboptimal nitrogen in silico
Lopez-Valdivia, I., Yang, X. & Lynch, J. P., Jul 2023, In: Plant physiology. 192, 3, p. 2261-2275 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Root phenotypes for improved nitrogen capture
Lynch, J. P., Galindo-Castañeda, T., Schneider, H. M., Sidhu, J. S., Rangarajan, H. & York, L. M., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Plant and Soil.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Transcription factor bHLH121 regulates root cortical aerenchyma formation in maize
Schneider, H. M., Lor, V. S., Zhang, X., Saengwilai, P., Hanlon, M. T., Klein, S. P., Davis, J. L., Borkar, A. N., Depew, C. L., Bennett, M. J., Kaeppler, S. M., Brown, K. M., Bhosale, R. & Lynch, J. P., Mar 21 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 12, e2219668120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
RootSlice—A novel functional-structural model for root anatomical phenotypes
Sidhu, J. S., Ajmera, I., Arya, S. & Lynch, J. P., May 2023, In: Plant Cell and Environment. 46, 5, p. 1671-1690 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integrated root phenotypes for improved rice performance under low nitrogen availability
Ajmera, I., Henry, A., Radanielson, A. M., Klein, S. P., Ianevski, A., Bennett, M. J., Band, L. R. & Lynch, J. P., Mar 2022, In: Plant Cell and Environment. 45, 3, p. 805-822 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Root and xylem anatomy varies with root length, root order, soil depth and environment in intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza®) and alfalfa
Clément, C., Schneider, H. M., Dresbøll, D. B., Lynch, J. P. & Thorup-Kristensen, K., Sep 1 2022, In: Annals of botany. 130, 3, p. 367-382 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Erratum to: Relative utility of agronomic, phenological, and morphological traits for assessing genotype-by-environment interaction in maize inbreds (Crop Science, (2020), 60, 1, (62-81), 10.1002/csc2.20035)
Falcon, C. M., Kaeppler, S. M., Spalding, E. P., Miller, N. D., Haase, N., AlKhalifah, N., Bohn, M., Buckler, E. S., Campbell, D. A., Ciampitti, I., Coffey, L., Edwards, J., Ertl, D., Flint-Garcia, S., Gore, M. A., Graham, C., Hirsch, C. N., Holland, J. B., Jarquín, D. & Knoll, J. & 19 others, , Nov 1 2022, In: Crop Science. 62, 6, p. 2568-2569 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Many paths to one goal: Identifying integrated rice root phenotypes for diverse drought environments
Fonta, J. E., Vejchasarn, P., Henry, A., Lynch, J. P. & Brown, K. M., Aug 22 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 959629.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spatiotemporal responses of rice root architecture and anatomy to drought
Fonta, J. E., Giri, J., Vejchasarn, P., Lynch, J. P. & Brown, K. M., Oct 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 479, 1-2, p. 443-464 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Root angle is controlled by EGT1 in cereal crops employing an antigravitropic mechanism
Fusi, R., Rosignoli, S., Lou, H., Sangiorgi, G., Bovina, R., Pattem, J. K., Borkar, A. N., Lombardi, M., Forestan, C., Milner, S. G., Davis, J. L., Lale, A., Kirschner, G. K., Swarup, R., Tassinari, A., Pandey, B. K., York, L. M., Atkinson, B. S., Sturrock, C. J. & Mooney, S. J. & 15 others, , Aug 2 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 31, e2201350119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review