This work was jointly supported by the National Key Basic Research Funds of China(Grant No.2005CB120902);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30230220);the McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program(Grant No.05-780).
Quantification of 3-dimensional (3-D) plant root architecture is one of the most important approaches to investigating plant root growth and its function in nutrient acquisition and utilization. However, no effective ...