Fig. 5
From: A toolkit to rapidly modify root systems through single plant selection
Phenotypes of the Borlaug100 introgression lines (BC2F4:F5) with modified root systems for seminal root angle and root biomass. a Scatter plot showing the 20 introgression lines (BC2F4:F5), displaying a spectrum of root configurations in the elite background with different seminal root angle and root dry biomass compared to Borlaug100. The line UQR010 (red) has a similar root dry mass to Borlaug100 (pink), but narrower root angle. The line UQR020 (purple) displays a wider root angle with higher root dry biomass. b Boxplots representing the seminal root angle for each introgression line. c Boxplots representing root dry biomass for each introgression line. For seminal root angle and root biomass a Fisher-LSD test was performed to compare the means between the introgression lines and Borlaug100 to determine if there are significant differences for both root traits (*Significant at the P ≤ 0.05, **Significant at the P ≤ 0.01, ***Significant at the P ≤ 0.001). d Comparison of the seminal root angle between Borlaug100 and the introgression lines UQR010 (narrow) and UQR020 (wide). e Demonstration of introgression lines with modified root biomass; UQR020 (high) and UQR010 (low) compared with Borlaug100