“…Increased numbers of lateral roots were found also in canola (Voesenek, Armstrong, Bögemann, Colmer, & McDonald, ) and some pasture legumes (Gibberd, Gray, Cocks, & Colmer, ) during waterlogging. The formation of lateral roots, which consume O 2 from the primary root during O 2 movement through aerenchyma, can however diminish the O 2 supply to the tip of the main axis/“parent” root (Armstrong, Healy, & Lythe, ; Gibberd, Colmer, & Cocks, ), but if formed in response to root tip damage, then the lateral roots would be an important replacement for the more apical parts of the primary root. Indeed for chickpea, Palta et al () reported new lateral root production during post‐waterlogging.…”