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Plants with improved nutrient use efficiency are needed to maintain and enhance future crop plant production. The aim of this study was to explore candidate traits for pre-breeding to improve nutrient accumulation and early vigor of spring wheat grown at high latitudes. We quantified shoot and root traits together with nutrient accumulation in nine contrasting spring wheat genotypes grown in rhizoboxes for 20 days in a greenhouse. Whole-plant relative growth rate was here correlated with leaf area productivity and plant nitrogen productivity, but not leaf area ratio. Furthermore, the total leaf area was correlated with the accumulation of six macronutrients, and could be suggested as a candidate trait for the pre-breeding towards improved nutrient accumulation and early vigor in wheat to be grown in high-latitude environments. Depending on the nutrient of interest, different root system traits were identified as relevant for their accumulation. Accumulation of nitrogen, potassium, sulfur and calcium was correlated with lateral root length, whilst accumulation of phosphorus and magnesium was correlated with main root length. Therefore, special attention needs to be paid to specific root system traits in the breeding of wheat towards improved nutrient accumulation to counteract the suboptimal uptake of some nutrient elements.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140.
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Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
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August 2025
Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
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Front Plant Sci
August 2025
Institute of Biotechnology, Inner Mongolia Tongliao Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Academy, Tongliao, China.
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Front Cell Dev Biol
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Department of Oncology Science, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States.
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