Practice Abstracts Zenodo Cordis EU CAP Network Zenodo Cordis EU CAP Network How to calculate root phenotypic plasticity as a trait for crop breeding programs How to study root plasticity in response to water availability under controlled conditions Shovelomics: Measuring potato root traits in the ridge Also available in FR Envirotyping: characterizing crop growing environment using soil, weather and management data Methods for measuring root traits in the field Absolute qPCR quantification of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in crop plants The soil coring method: Measuring root traits down the soil profile in field conditions The soil pit method: Measuring crop root depth and distribution Rhizosphere modelling to advance crop breeding strategies Minirhizotron method: Measuring thedynamics of root traits Shovelomics: Measuring cereal root traits in the field Shovelomics: Measuring faba bean root traits in the field