Thomas, C LAlcock, T DGraham, N SHayden, RMatterson, SWilson, LYoung, S DDupuy, L XWhite, P JHammond, J PDanku, J M CSalt, D ESweeney, ABancroft, IBroadley, M R2016-11-302016-11-302016-10-04Thomas, C L, Alcock, T D, Graham, N S, Hayden, R, Matterson, S, Wilson, L, Young, S D, Dupuy, L X, White, P J, Hammond, J P, Danku, J M C, Salt, D E, Sweeney, A, Bancroft, I & Broadley, M R 2016, 'Root morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habit', BMC Plant Biology, vol. 16, no. 1, 214. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-016-0902-51471-2229PubMedCentral: PMC5050600http://hdl.handle.net/2164/7781Acknowledgements We thank Jonathan Atkinson, Darren Wells, Andrew French and Michael Pound at the University of Nottingham for advice on root measurement methods. Funding The work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Crop Improvement Research Club (CIRC) Grant BB/J019631/1 to MRB, BBSRC grant BB/L000113/1 to DES, the BBSRC Renewable Industrial Products from Rapeseed (RIPR) Programme Grant BB/L002124/1 to IB, and the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) of the Scottish Government through Work Package 3.3 (2011–2016) to PJW.1510452engCanolaIonomicsMineral concentrationHigh-throughput phenotypingRoot morphologySeed sizeLeaf/seed elemental ratiosR MedicineBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)BB/L000113/1BB/L002124/1RRoot morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habitJournal article10.1186/s12870-016-0902-5161