@inproceedings{icrisat3649,
       booktitle = {Proceedings of the  International Congress  of Plant Phlsiology},
            year = {1990},
           title = {Assessment of Genotypic Differences in Sorghum Root Characteristics
},
           pages = {215--220},
          author = {N Seetharama and D J Flower and R Jayachandran and K R Krishna and J M Peacock and S Singh and P Soman and A U Rani and S P Wani},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/3649/},
        abstract = {Representative data on genotypic differences in sorghum root characteristics are examined for prospective use in applied breeding programmes. Significant genotype differences in root characteristics observed are: root-length density at lower depths when the crop 15 grown

  on stored. soil moisture. root-shoot ratios  early establishment of nodal

  Roots In seedlings, and microbial associations of roots. Four-fold genotypic differences root-shoot ratio were found at the seedling stage, but

  high ontogenic shifts negated these differences at later stages. Hence

. sorghum breeding for efficient root systems should be confined to well-

  defined target environments with specific objectives.
}
}