Root2Resilience: Root phenotyping and genetic improvement for rotational crops resilient to environmental change

Project Information

Root2Res

Grant agreement ID: 101060124

DOI

10.3030/101060124

EC signature date 7 June 2022

Start date 1 September 2022

End date 31 August 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 6 367 651,25

EU contribution

€ 6 367 651,25

Coordinated by

ARVALIS INSTITUT DU VEGETAL
France

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Phenotyping toolbox - rhizosphere

A list of phenotyping tools suitable for quantifying rhizosphere traits, such as root exudate and rhizosphere microbiome traits, will be compiled and added to the phenotyping toolbox. For complicated traits this will involve the identification and validation of proxies suitable for large scale phenotyping (T2.2).

Define target ideotypes

A definition of a root/rhizosphere ideotypes for each crop species and agroclimatic zone to mitigate water and nutrient stress will be produced, taking into account the priority list of ideotype traits and employing modelling approaches (T1.2).

Priority list of root/rhizosphere ideotype traits

With input from stakeholders and analysis of existing data and literature, a priority list of ideotype traits to mitigate water and nutrient stress will be compiled for each crop species and agroclimatic zone. (T1.1).

Policy Brief 2

A second policy brief will be produced summarised the most policy relevant output of Root2Res. This will be delivered to the EC and distributed to all partners for local policy engagement (T7.3).

Phenotyping toolbox-architectural traits

A list of phenotyping tools suitable for quantifying root architectural traits applicable for field trials and CE experiments will be compiled and associated practice abstracts will be produced to generate a toolbox of phenotyping tools (T2.1).

Guidelines for the Stakeholders engagement and interaction

A document outlining the strategy and procedure for stakeholder engagement will be distributed to all partners and placed on the Root2Res website (T7.1).

Quality Management Plan

The project’s quality management (quality assurance and quality control) principles, indicators and methods will be detailed in the quality management plan (T8.3).

Policy Brief 1

A policy brief will be produced summarised the most policy relevant output of Root2Res. This will be delivered to the EC and distributed to all partners for local policy engagement (T7.3).

Dissemination and Exploitation Plans (including the communication handbook)

A document outlining the dissemination and exploitation strategies will be distributed to all partners and placed on the Root2Res website (T7.3).

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Project Workspace

An online platform for the sharing of project information will be developed and made available through the Root2Res website (T8.1).

Workshops

Workshops will be run to train Root2Res researchers and stakeholders (final users) in the use of the developed phenotyping toolboxes (T2.1).

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Genetic population assembly

Genotypic data on populations of all Root2Res crop species will be assembled for all germplasms identified in T3.1 and will include pre-existing data and newly generated genotyping data for some species. (T3.2)

Other (1)

Updated version of OpenSimRoot

OpenSimRoot will be updated with a novel rhizosphere model, plasticity responses and parameterization for new crops (T6.2). This will be released as part of the Root2Res modelling toolbox.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Experimental systems for studying root plasticity

A test mesocosm systems allowing assessment of the plastic response of root traits to varying water availability will be designed and tested (T5.1).

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Holobiont-based genetic analysis reveals new plant and microbial markers for resistance against a root rot pathogen complex in pea

Author(s): Michael Schneider, Valentin Gfeller, Daniel Ariza-Suarez, Lukas Wille, Klaus H. Oldach, Natacha Bodenhausen, Martin Hartmann, Pierre Hohmann, Bruno Studer, Monika M. Messmer
Published in: BMC Plant Biology, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1471-2229
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S12870-025-06995-9

Crop genotype modulates root rot resistance-associated microbial community composition and abundance of key taxa

Author(s): Valentin Gfeller; Michael Schneider; Natacha Bodenhausen; Matthew W. Horton; Lukas Wille; Klaus H. Oldach; Bruno Studer; Martin Hartmann; Monika M. Messmer; Pierre Hohmann
Published in: Environmental Microbiome, 2025, ISSN 2524-6372
Publisher: Root2Res
DOI: 10.1186/S40793-025-00755-W

Editorial: Belowground adaptation of plants to climate change

Author(s): Timothy S. George; Yinglong Chen; Manuel T. Oliveira
Published in: Plant and Soil, 2024, ISSN 1573-5036
Publisher: Root2Res
DOI: 10.1007/S11104-024-06560-7

Modeling the influence of rhizodeposits on root water uptake

Author(s): Andrew Mair, Emma Gómez Peral, Mariya Ptashnyk, Lionel Dupuy
Published in: Vadose Zone Journal, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1539-1663
Publisher: Vadose Zone Journal
DOI: 10.1002/VZJ2.70053

Root exudation facilitates water infiltration and rewetting of dry soil

Author(s): Emma Gomez Peral; Andrew Mair; Iker Martin Sanchez; Gloria de las Heras Martinez; Mariya Ptashnyk; Lionel X Dupuy
Published in: Plant, Cell & Environment, Issue 49, 2025, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: Root2Res
DOI: 10.1111/PCE.70240

Benefits and limits of biological nitrification inhibitors for plant N uptake and the environment

Author(s): Christian W. Kuppe; Johannes A. Postma
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: Scientific Reports
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-024-65247-2

Quantification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi toot colonization in wheat, tomato and leek using absolute qPCR

Author(s): Andrea Corona Ramírez, Sarah Symanczik, Tabea Gallusser & Natacha Bodenhausen
Published in: Mycorrhiza, 2023, ISSN 0940-6360
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/S00572-023-01122-8

Bottom-up perspective – The role of roots and rhizosphere in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agroecosystems

Author(s): T. S. George; D. Bulgarelli; A. Carminati; Y. Chen; D. Jones; Y. Kuzyakov; A. Schnepf; M. Wissuwa; T. Roose
Published in: Plant and Soil, 2024, ISSN 1573-5036
Publisher: Root2Res
DOI: 10.3929/ETHZ-B-000668695

Size Matters: Influence of Available Soil Volume on the Root Architecture and Plant Response at Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Levels in Barley

Author(s): Sillo F.; Blaser S. R. G. A.; Díaz-Tielas C.; Clayton J.; Araniti F.; Sánchez-Moreiras A. M.; George T. S.; Balestrini R.; Vetterlein D.
Published in: Plant, Cell & Environment, 2025, ISSN 1365-3040
Publisher: Root2Res
DOI: 10.25673/119023

Engineering the Crop Microbiota Through Host Genetics

Author(s): Carmen Escudero-Martinez and Davide Bulgarelli
Published in: Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2023, ISSN 1432-1890
Publisher: Annual Review of Phytopathology
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021621-121447

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Estudio del potencial alelopático del trigo (Triticum aestivum L.) y el trigo sarraceno (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. y Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) para agricultura ecológica

Author(s): Vieites Alvarez, Yedra
Published in: Crossref, 2025
Publisher: Universidade de Vigo
DOI: 10.35869/11093/9238

Other (1)

Synthetic soil microcosms as emerging model systems to study the rhizosphere

Author(s): Andrew Mair; Daniel Patko; Yangminghao Liu; Ilonka Engelhardt; Lionel X. Dupuy
Published in: Plant and Soil, 2025
Publisher: Plant and Soil
DOI: 10.1007/S11104-025-07495-3