2021/07/01 by Jean‐François Barczi, Amira Beroueg, Gerhard Buck-Sorlin +37 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology #Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects #Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/insilicoplants/diab035
openalex publication_date 2021/07/01 · openalex created_date 2022/01/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/26
Root system scientists strive to understand how a single root, emerging from a plant’s seed, can form a complex, dynamic and plastic network of thousands of individual roots. They investigate how such a network is ideally suited to perform a number of functions required for the harmonious development of the whole plant. Everyone in the community also knows how complicated it can be to study root systems, with tasks ranging from digging plants out of the soil, creating experimental set-ups that allow the observation of the roots, to quantifying the root network itself or the processes underlying its formation. Within the community, there is one person, Dr Loïc Pagès, who has been working on all these tasks for many years, and who has moved the field forward numerous times. On the occasion of his soon-to-be retirement, we would like to express our appreciation to him via this editorial.