[en] Root development and functioning are highly context-dependent. Over the last 10 years, we set-up various approaches to understand the mechanisms underlying those key processes in order to improve plant nutrient use efficiency. Those strategies were either basic or applied, depending on the question we wanted to address, and lead to promising developments for the scientific Community but also contrasted results.
The aim of this talk is to present this timeline of experiments and reflect on the deliverables you can expect from each set-up, considering their naturalness/realism level. Negative results will also be considered as a valuable contribution to our understanding of below ground processes. Finally, recommendations will be provided in order to design relevant experiments according to (1) the hypothesis to be tested, (2) the available equipment and related throughput, and (3) the realism and transposability to ‘real life’ conditions.
