Jonathan Lynch

Distinguished Professor of Plant Nutrition

Jonathan Lynch

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Plant adaptation to nutrient and water stress. Global change. World hunger. Root biology.

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Soil Water Zea Mays Phenotype Genotype Nitrogen Crops Agriculture Corn Phosphorus Crowns Nutrients Breeding Tree Crown Drought Tolerance Branching Lateral Roots Costs And Cost Analysis Dehydration Biomass Nitrates Root Crown Subsoil Droughts Drying

Most Recent Publications

The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment.

J Holland, J Dunne, C Romay, M Bohn, E Buckler, I Ciampitti, J Edwards, D Ertl, S Flint-Garcia, M Gore, C Graham, C Hirsch, E Hood, D Hooker, J Knoll, E Lee, A Lorenz, J Lynch, G3 Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Location: Root architecture structures rhizosphere microbial associations

Tania Galindo-Castañeda, Martin Hartmann, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2024, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 594-604

Cortical cell size regulates root metabolic cost

Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2024, Plant Journal

LEADER (Leaf Element Accumulation from DEep Roots): A nondestructive phenotyping platform to estimate rooting depth in the field

Meredith T. Hanlon, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2024, Crop Science on p. 333-353

Root anatomy and biomechanical properties: improving predictions through root cortical and stele properties

G. J. Meijer, J. P. Lynch, J. G. Chimungu, K. W. Loades, 2024, Plant and Soil

A role for fermentation in aerobic conditions as revealed by computational analysis of maize root metabolism during growth by cell elongation

Hilary Hunt, Stefan Leape, Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Ishan Ajmera, Jonathan P. Lynch, R. George Ratcliffe, Lee J. Sweetlove, 2023, Plant Journal on p. 1553-1570

Large root cortical cells and reduced cortical cell files improve growth under suboptimal nitrogen in silico

Ivan Lopez-Valdivia, Xiyu Yang, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2023, Plant Physiology on p. 2261-2275

RootSlice—A novel functional-structural model for root anatomical phenotypes

Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Ishan Ajmera, Sankalp Arya, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2023, Plant, Cell and Environment on p. 1671-1690

Transcription factor bHLH121 regulates root cortical aerenchyma formation in maize

Hannah M. Schneider, Vai S. Lor, Xia Zhang, Patompong Saengwilai, Meredith T. Hanlon, Stephanie P. Klein, Jayne L. Davis, Aditi N. Borkar, Cody L. Depew, Malcolm J. Bennett, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Kathleen M. Brown, Rahul Bhosale, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Influence of root cortical aerenchyma on the rhizosphere microbiome of field-grown maize

T Galindo-Castaneda, C Rojas, U Karaoz, E Brodie, K Brown, Jonathan Lynch, 2023, BioRxiv

Most-Cited Papers

Root phenotypes for improved nutrient capture: an underexploited opportunity for global agriculture

Jonathan P. Lynch, 2019, New Phytologist on p. 548-564

Opportunities and challenges in the subsoil: Pathways to deeper rooted crops

Jonathan P. Lynch, Tobias Wojciechowski, 2015, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 2199-2210

The optimal lateral root branching density for maize depends on nitrogen and phosphorus availability

Johannes Auke Postma, Annette Dathe, Jonathan Paul Lynch, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 590-602

Root anatomical phenes associated with water acquisition from drying soil: Targets for crop improvement

Jonathan P. Lynch, Joseph G. Chimungu, Kathleen M. Brown, 2014, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 6155-6166

Reduced lateral root branching density improves drought tolerance in maize

Ai Zhan, Hannah Schneider, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2015, Plant Physiology on p. 1603-1615

Root phenes that reduce the metabolic costs of soil exploration: Opportunities for 21st century agriculture

Jonathan P. Lynch, 2015, Plant, Cell and Environment on p. 1775-1784

Image-based high-throughput field phenotyping of crop roots

Alexander Bucksch, James Burridge, Larry M. York, Abhiram Das, Eric Nord, Joshua S. Weitz, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 470-486

Reduced crown root number improves water acquisition under water deficit stress in maize (Zea mays L.)

Yingzhi Gao, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2016, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 4545-4557

Low crown root number enhances nitrogen acquisition from low-nitrogen soils in maize

Patompong Saengwilai, Xiaoli Tian, Jonathan Paul Lynch, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 581-589

Field phenotyping of soybean roots for drought stress tolerance

Berhanu A. Fenta, Stephen E. Beebe, Karl J. Kunert, James D. Burridge, Kathryn M. Barlow, Jonathan P. Lynch, Christine H. Foyer, 2014, Agronomy on p. 418-435

News Articles Featuring Jonathan Lynch

Mar 25, 2024

Measuring plant root health by scanning leaves with X-ray device

Researchers at Penn State have unveiled a new technology poised to revolutionize the resilience of crops to drought, enhance their nitrogen absorption, and facilitate deeper carbon storage in the soil

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Mar 19, 2024

Novel method to measure root depth may lead to more resilient crops

As climate change worsens global drought conditions, hindering crop production, the search for ways to capture and store atmospheric carbon causing the phenomenon has intensified.

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Mar 19, 2024

These Researchers Are Digging Into the Understudied Science of Roots

After centuries of neglect, botanists are using new techniques to understand roots

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Nov 21, 2023

College of Ag Sciences recognizes faculty, staff for research achievements

Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences lauded outstanding accomplishments in research during the 2023 Research Awards Ceremony, held Nov. 1 at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus.

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Sep 29, 2023

Liana Burghardt named new Director of Center for Root and Rhizosphere Biology

Assistant Professor of Plant Science Liana Burghardt is serving as the new Director of the Center for Root and Rhizosphere Biology, replacing outgoing director Jonathan Lynch, distinguished professor of plant nutrition.

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Jul 19, 2023

Crop physiologist to study phosphorus availability and storage root growth

A researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a multi-university team in a study focused on the anatomical, physiological and genetic factors underlying phosphorus-stress-induced reprogramming of storage root architecture.

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Mar 19, 2023

Future corn crops could have higher drought tolerance

A team of scientists led by Pennsylvania State University has recently identified a gene encoding a transcription factor (a protein useful for converting DNA into RNA) which triggers a genetic sequence that enables corn roots to acquire more water and nutrients. This finding could lead to the breeding of corn crops able to withstand droughts and low-nitrogen soil conditions, and thus improve global food security.

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Mar 16, 2023

Discovery of root anatomy gene may lead to breeding more resilient corn crops

Trait results in roots better able to capture more water and nutrients from soil, need less fertilizer, and withstand drought

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Jan 12, 2023

Two College of Ag Sciences faculty among highly cited researchers in 2022

Andrew Patterson and Jonathan Lynch in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences were recognized recently as highly cited researchers by the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group.

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Dec 07, 2022

Study shows ‘steep, cheap and deep’ roots help corn plants deal with drought

Rarely in nature does less turn out to be more. But that’s the case when it comes to the roots of corn dealing with drought conditions, according to a Penn State-led international team of researchers who discovered evidence of the benefits of a “parsimonious” root phenotype in a new study.

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