| Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops AP Wasson, RA Richards, R Chatrath, SC Misra, SVS Prasad, ... Journal of experimental botany 63 (9), 3485-3498, 2012 | 884 | 2012 |
| Breeding for improved water productivity in temperate cereals: phenotyping, quantitative trait loci, markers and the selection environment RA Richards, GJ Rebetzke, M Watt, AGT Condon, W Spielmeyer, ... Functional Plant Biology 37 (2), 85-97, 2010 | 394 | 2010 |
| Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants R Munns, DA Day, W Fricke, M Watt, B Arsova, BJ Barkla, J Bose, CS Byrt, ... New Phytologist 225 (3), 1072-1090, 2020 | 366 | 2020 |
| Large root systems: are they useful in adapting wheat to dry environments? JA Palta, X Chen, SP Milroy, GJ Rebetzke, MF Dreccer, M Watt Functional Plant Biology 38 (5), 347-354, 2011 | 342 | 2011 |
| Evolution of bacterial communities in the wheat crop rhizosphere S Donn, JA Kirkegaard, G Perera, AE Richardson, M Watt Environmental microbiology 17 (3), 610-621, 2015 | 316 | 2015 |
| Brachypodium as a model for the grasses: today and the future J Brkljacic, E Grotewold, R Scholl, T Mockler, DF Garvin, P Vain, T Brutnell, ... Plant physiology 157 (1), 3-13, 2011 | 314 | 2011 |
| Proteoid roots. Physiology and development M Watt, JR Evans Plant Physiology 121 (2), 317-323, 1999 | 296 | 1999 |
| Soil conditions and cereal root system architecture: review and considerations for linking Darwin and Weaver SM Rich, M Watt Journal of experimental botany 64 (5), 1193-1208, 2013 | 289 | 2013 |
| Rates of root and organism growth, soil conditions, and temporal and spatial development of the rhizosphere M Watt, WK Silk, JB Passioura Annals of botany 97 (5), 839-855, 2006 | 284 | 2006 |
| Microbiome and Exudates of the Root and Rhizosphere of Brachypodium distachyon, a Model for Wheat A Kawasaki, S Donn, PR Ryan, U Mathesius, R Devilla, A Jones, M Watt PloS one 11 (10), e0164533, 2016 | 249 | 2016 |
| Linking development and determinacy with organic acid efflux from proteoid roots of white lupin grown with low phosphorus and ambient or elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration M Watt, JR Evans Plant physiology 120 (3), 705-716, 1999 | 239 | 1999 |
| Sense and nonsense in conservation agriculture: principles, pragmatism and productivity in Australian mixed farming systems JA Kirkegaard, MK Conyers, JR Hunt, CA Kirkby, M Watt, GJ Rebetzke Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 187, 133-145, 2014 | 237 | 2014 |
| Soil compaction and the architectural plasticity of root systems J Correa, JA Postma, M Watt, T Wojciechowski Journal of experimental botany 70 (21), 6019-6034, 2019 | 234 | 2019 |
| Formation and stabilization of rhizosheaths of Zea mays L.(effect of soil water content) M Watt, ME McCully, MJ Canny Plant Physiology 106 (1), 179-186, 1994 | 226 | 1994 |
| Mechanisms for cellular transport and release of allelochemicals from plant roots into the rhizosphere LA Weston, PR Ryan, M Watt Journal of experimental botany 63 (9), 3445-3454, 2012 | 215 | 2012 |
| Numbers and locations of native bacteria on field‐grown wheat roots quantified by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) M Watt, P Hugenholtz, R White, K Vinall Environmental Microbiology 8 (5), 871-884, 2006 | 203 | 2006 |
| A screening method to identify genetic variation in root growth response to a salinity gradient A Rahnama, R Munns, K Poustini, M Watt Journal of experimental botany 62 (1), 69-77, 2011 | 183 | 2011 |
| Crop improvement from phenotyping roots: highlights reveal expanding opportunities SR Tracy, KA Nagel, JA Postma, H Fassbender, A Wasson, M Watt Trends in plant science 25 (1), 105-118, 2020 | 180 | 2020 |
| OpenSimRoot: widening the scope and application of root architectural models JA Postma, C Kuppe, MR Owen, N Mellor, M Griffiths, MJ Bennett, ... New Phytologist 215 (3), 1274-1286, 2017 | 179 | 2017 |
| A rapid, controlled-environment seedling root screen for wheat correlates well with rooting depths at vegetative, but not reproductive, stages at two field sites M Watt, S Moosavi, SC Cunningham, JA Kirkegaard, GJ Rebetzke, ... Annals of Botany 112 (2), 447-455, 2013 | 171 | 2013 |
