Root2Res

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

🇪🇺 Funded under Horizon Europe

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▶ A wrap-up from our Annual Meeting in Santiago!

🌍 Root2Res is a singular project in its approach and scope, with 22 partners across Europe and Africa

📰 https://t.co/1mCQdBYhb3

#Root
#Crop
#Phenotyping

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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🌱 What makes crops resilient to drought, heat, and climate change? 

#RootPhenotyping helps identify root traits that improve crop adaptation under different conditions 🌍🌾

At #Root2Res we're developing field-ready tools for more #ResilientAgriculture 🔬

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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🚨 New #Root2Res Practice Abstracts! 

🔸 Root ideotype for a low phosphorus environment: https://t.co/GWKDpeOGZe
🔸 Root ideotype for water stress environments: https://t.co/8VsMh9SB9k

Explore how #RootIdeotypes can support #CropResilience. Check them now! 👀✨

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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🚀🌱 Driving #CropResilience through biotech innovation at #GaliciaBiodays26!

#Root2Res joined #GaliciaBiodays2026, presenting outputs to breeding companies, ag-biotech firms, research centres & digital agritech providers.

Pleasure sharing advances in #RootResilience ✨💪

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📢🌿 Take a look again at the crops behind #Root2Res

From legumes, cereals, and tubers to emerging crops, Root2Res works with key species shaping the future of #EuropeanRotationalAgriculture 🌱

👉 Explore our Knowledge Center for targeted resources: https://t.co/6mhLEvGBLz

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📢🌱 #Root2Res works directly with crops that play a central role in #EuropeanRotationalAgriculture

🌿Legumes (faba bean, lentils, peas)
🥔Tubers (potato & sweet potato) 
🌾Cereals (barley & wheat)
🧑‍🌾 Emerging crops

👉https://t.co/XIrMo5AIUz

#CropResilience

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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📢🎧Want to dive deeper into #RootResilience? 

Tune in to #Root2ResPodcast series and hear from expert researchers as they explore #RootSystems, #Ideotypes, #Plasticity, and much more.

👉 Don’t miss the first two episodes: https://t.co/AdHAWLQuns

Stay tuned! ✨🌿

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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🌱 Discover #PhysioTron, a high-throughput #Phenotyping platform that combines automated gravimetric lysimeters with imaging technologies to analyze #PlantPerformance under controlled water stress conditions.

🎥Watch the video: https://t.co/MYLb3iwRoc

#Root2Res #RootResilience

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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📢🌎 #Root2Res #FieldSites: Transitional climate zone (Central France)

This site links the 3 main agroclimatic zones, using the #PhenofieldPlatform to control water stress with mobile rainout shelters & irrigation, allowing us to study #CropResilience under controlled conditions

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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🌱 #Root2Res #FieldSite: #MediterraneanAgroclimaticZone (Morocco)

Here, crops face:
🌾 Pre-flowering water deficit
💧 Post-flowering water deficit
🧪 Phosphorus availability deficit

Satellite sites in Spain, France, Italy & South Africa help address local climate needs

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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📢🌱 #Root2Res #FieldSites: #HumidContinental agroclimatic zone (Slovenia)

Crops here face key #AbioticStresses:
🌾 Post-flowering water deficit
🧪 Phosphorus availability deficit

Satellite sites in Germany & Switzerland help address local climate & technical variability.

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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📢🌱 #Root2Res #FieldSites: #Oceanic agroclimatic zone (UK)

Crops here face key #EnvironmentalFactors:
🌾 Post-flower water deficit
🌊 Waterlogging
🧪 Phosphorus availability deficit

👉https://t.co/XIrMo5AIUz

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@Arvalisofficiel @JamesHuttonLtd @ADASGroup @ARCSouthAfrica @FEUGA_20 @fiblorg @fz_juelich @ICARDA @irtacat @KISinstitut @neiker_BRTA @teagasc @UnivPoliMarche @uvigo @WUR @CNRsocial_ @AarhusUni #UFZ #Solynta #KWS #BOKU #UNIVDUN

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📢🌱 #Root2Res works directly with crops that play a central role in #EuropeanRotationalAgriculture

🌿Legumes (faba bean, lentils, peas)
🥔Tubers (potato & sweet potato) 
🌾Cereals (barley & wheat)
🧑‍🌾 Emerging crops

👉https://t.co/XIrMo5AIUz

#CropResilience