title: Importance of plant integrity in crop research, breeding, and production.
abstract: Plant integrity looks like a "very easy and expanded topic," but the reality is totally different. Thanks to the very high specialization of scientists, we are losing a holistic view of plants and are making mistakes in our research due to this drawback. It is necessary to sense a plant in their whole complexity--in both roots and shoot, as well as throughout their life cycles. Only such an integrated approach can allow us to reach correct interpretations of our experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Crop Research Institute; Drnovská, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bláha
authors.affiliation: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology; Food and Natural Resources; Suchdol, Kamýcká.
authors.forename: Kateřina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pazderů
mesh_terms: D001947:Breeding; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development*; D063245:Plant Development; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000254:growth & development; D012106:Research; D012639:Seeds / Q000254:growth & development
keywords: desired types of plants; development; growth; plant integrity; roots; seeds