Jonathan Lynch
Distinguished Professor of Plant Nutrition
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221 Tyson
University Park, PA - jpl4@psu.edu
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Research Summary
Plant adaptation to nutrient and water stress. Global change. World hunger. Root biology.
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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
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 on p. 587-603
Cortical cell size regulates root metabolic cost
Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2024, Plant Journal on p. 1343-1357
Location: Root architecture structures rhizosphere microbial associations
Tania Galindo-Castañeda, Martin Hartmann, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2024, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 594-604
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
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
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 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
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
Manganese phytotoxicity: New light on an old problem
Denise R. Fernando, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2015, Annals of Botany on p. 313-319
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
News Articles Featuring Jonathan Lynch
Nov 05, 2024
Distinguished professor in plant nutrition retires after long, impactful career
Jonathan Lynch, distinguished professor of plant nutrition, retired this fall after an innovative and impactful 33-year career in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, focused on conducting research to alleviate world hunger and enhance crop production by subsistence farmers in developing countries.
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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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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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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 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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Nov 08, 2022
Faculty in College of Ag Sciences recognized for research achievements
Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences lauded outstanding accomplishments in research during the college’s inaugural Research Awards Ceremony, held Oct. 25 at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus.
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Jul 28, 2021
Researchers identify a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn
The discovery of a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn is a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nitrogen, according to an international team of researchers, led by Penn State.
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Apr 08, 2021
Plant Biology alumna receives humanitarian award
Plant Biology graduate program alumna Amelia Henry has received the Graduate School Alumni Society Humanitarian Award. This award recognizes an alumnus/alumna holding a graduate degree from Penn State who has made a positive societal impact on the welfare of humankind beyond the responsibilities of one’s profession.
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Feb 17, 2021
Silencing the alarm
An enzyme in the saliva of certain insects prevents their food plants from warning neighboring plants of an attack.
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Feb 01, 2021
Newly discovered trait helps plants grow deeper roots in dry, compacted soils
A previously unknown root trait allows some cereal plants to grow deeper roots capable of punching through dry, hard, compacted soils, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest that harnessing the inherited characteristic could lead to crops better able to deal with a changing climate.
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Nov 26, 2019
Fourteen Penn State faculty recognized with lifetime honor
Fourteen Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from physics and engineering to entomology and plant science have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. A lifetime honor bestowed upon members by their peers, a total of 443 individuals are being recognized for their extraordinary achievements in advancing science.
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Nov 20, 2019
Eleven Eberly faculty featured as highly cited researchers in 2019 by Clarivate
Eleven researchers from the Eberly College of Science have been recognized as "highly cited" by the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group. The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list features researchers who have demonstrated considerable influence through publication of multiple works that have been cited by a significant number of their peers during the last decade.
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Sep 16, 2019
Novel use of laser technology reveals interactions between roots, soil organisms
A novel use of a custom laser system — developed in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences eight years ago — allows researchers to see how soil organisms affect plant roots.
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