eng Enviro Research Publishers Current Agriculture Research Journal 2347-4688 2321-9971 2020-04-25 8 1 07 17 7819 article Abdelghani Chakhchar 1 Mouna Lamaoui 2 Youssef El Kharrassi 3 Thouria Bourhim 4 Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf 5 Cherkaoui El Modafar 4 Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Rabat, Université Mohammed-V de Rabat. Justus-Liebig-University, Institute of Botany, Developmental Biology of Plants, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, Gießen, Germany. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Laayoune, Morocco. Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Bio-ingénierie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Marocco. Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences. Université Mohammed V Agdal, Rabat, Marocco. The Argane tree [Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels] is a remarkable essence by its botanical interest, ecological services, and its socio-economic value. This endemic species is known by its adaptive behavior to arid and semi-arid regions where it grows naturally in vast forests in Southwestern Morocco. Although its adaptation has been commonly attributed to various mechanisms in different organs and tissues, whose the root system has a primary role in this whole process. However, the increased aridity and desertification in the Mediterranean region appear to affect the health, growth and functioning of the root system of A. spinosa. In this review, we highlighted morphological aspects and physiological and biochemical mechanisms related to the roots and involved in the abiotic stress tolerance in the Argane tree. The mycorrhizal symbiosis in Argane tree plays a vital role in nutrient uptake and growth of this woody species, ​as well as in the adaptation to its environment. Despite the difficulties encountered in rooting during ​its in vitro propagation, this technique seems to be an attractive alternative for the regeneration of the selected Argane tree. http://www.agriculturejournal.org/volume8number1/a-review-on-the-root-system-of-argania-spinosa/ Argania Spinosa; Root System; Drought Stress; Arbuscular Mycorrhizae; Rooting; In Vitro Propagation