1. Rice roots for drought tolerance: Functional roles and genetic components of root anatomical and architectural traits in Oryza sativa Open Access Author: Reeger, Jenna Title: Rice roots for drought tolerance: Functional roles and genetic components of root anatomical and architectural traits in Oryza sativa Graduate Program: Plant Biology Keywords: root biologyricecrop physiologycrop geneticsCRISPR-Cas9drought toleranceabiotic stress tolerancexylemroot hydraulicsroot phenotyping File: Download Thesis_Jenna_Reeger_final.pdf Committee Members: Kathleen Marie Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorKathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJonathan Paul Lynch, Committee MemberYinong Yang, Committee MemberCharles T Anderson, Outside MemberTeh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair