Methods in belowground botany

Pec, Gregory J.; Ljubotina, Megan K.; Cahill, James F.

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“…While the evolution of major innovations in plant habit has long been of interest to plant biologists, belowground traits characterizing the geophytic habit have only recently received greater attention in ecological and phylogenetic frameworks (Pausas et al, 2018; Ott et al, 2019; Herben and Klimešová, 2020; Howard et al, 2020). Fibrous roots are increasingly the focus of physiological and molecular genetic investigation due to their undeniable importance in nutrient and water uptake (Pec et al, 2019, among others). However, far less attention has been paid to the belowground structures of geophytes (defined below), such as bulbs, corms, tubers, and tuberous roots (Raunkiaer, 1934).…”

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Get the shovel: morphological and evolutionary complexities of belowground organs in geophytes

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Martínez‐Gómez

Howard

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American J of Botany

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Herbaceous plants collectively known as geophytes, which regrow from belowground buds, are distributed around the globe and throughout the land plant tree of life. The geophytic habit is an evolutionarily and ecologically important growth form in plants, permitting novel life history strategies, enabling the occupation of more seasonal climates, mediating interactions between plants and their water and nutrient resources, and influencing macroevolutionary patterns by enabling differential diversification and adaptation. These taxa are excellent study systems for understanding how convergence on a similar growth habit (i.e., geophytism) can occur via different morphological and developmental mechanisms. Despite the importance of belowground organs for characterizing whole-plant morphological diversity, the morphology and evolution of these organs have been vastly understudied with most research focusing on only a few crop systems. Here, we clarify the terminology commonly used (and sometimes misused) to describe geophytes and their underground organs and highlight key evolutionary patterns of the belowground morphology of geophytic plants. Additionally, we advocate for increasing resources for geophyte research and implementing standardized ontological definitions of geophytic organs to improve our understanding of the factors controlling, promoting, and maintaining geophyte diversity.

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Get the shovel: morphological and evolutionary complexities of belowground organs in geophytes

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Martínez‐Gómez

Howard

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American J of Botany

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“…Retiring Primer Notes will allow APPS to focus its resources more strategically on other article types that are growing in popularity and usefulness, including Protocol Notes, Software Notes, and Review Articles. APPS has also been particularly successful with recent special issues addressing new methods and applications in areas such as phenological research (March 2019; Ellwood et al., ) and belowground botany (April 2019; Pec et al., ). Upcoming special issues planned for 2020 will focus on plant phenomics, low‐cost methods in the plant sciences, and machine learning in plant biology.…”

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Appl Plant Sci

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Methods in belowground botany

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Get the shovel: morphological and evolutionary complexities of belowground organs in geophytes

Get the shovel: morphological and evolutionary complexities of belowground organs in geophytes

Editorial: Growing up and moving forward: Discontinuing Primer Notes

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