Phenotyping Root Architecture in Edited Lines: A Benchmark of Imaging Platforms Against Excavation

Authors

  • Aleksander Bizjak Centre for Plant Phenotyping, Vipava Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ajdovscina, Slovenia Author
  • Ingo Gierhake Department of Plant Physiology, Kaiserstuhl Institute of Plant Science, Breisach, Germany Author
  • Jacinta Escaleira Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Douro Superior Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Torre de Moncorvo, Portugal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666719

Keywords:

Phenotyping Root Architecture in Edited Lines; Agricultural biotechnology; Gene editing; Evidence synthesis; Biosafety regulation

Abstract

Phenotyping Root Architecture in Edited Lines has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working breeding or
production programme can actually use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current
evidence for phenotyping root architecture in edited lines, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with
an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and regulators are still largely working it out for
themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or
blanket avoidance.

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2025-09-21