A better understanding of the development and architecture of roots is essential to develop strategies to increase crop yield and optimize agricultural land use. Roots control nutrient and water uptake, provide anchoring and mechanical support and can serve as important storage organs. Root growth and development is under tight genetic control and modulated by developmental cues including plant hormones and the environment. This review focuses on root architecture and its diversity and the role of environment, nutrient, and water as well as plant hormones and their interactions in shaping root architecture.

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环境，发育和遗传因素控制根系统的体系结构。

更好地了解根的发育和结构对于制定提高作物产量和优化农业土地利用的战略至关重要。根可控制养分和水分的吸收，提供锚固和机械支持，并可作为重要的贮藏器官。根的生长和发育受到严格的遗传控制，并受到包括植物激素和环境在内的发育线索的调节。这篇综述着重于根结构及其多样性以及环境，养分，水以及植物激素的作用及其在塑造根结构中的相互作用。