This session will review the recent advance in root research but will go beyond roots and will more broadly address the question of soil water availability to the crop.
It would tackle the forthcoming trends of less frequent rains with higher intensities, the need to maximize soil recharge, the optimization of plant – soil – microbiome interactions and the associated biophysics and genetics, and the enlargement of soil water bank by soil fertility improvement. Compared to earlier Interdrought’s, this session enlarges the scope from “root/water capture” from the previous editions to “maximizing soil water supply to crops”.
