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Phenotypic plasticity of the maize root system in response to heterogeneous nitrogen availability.
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37 citing papers in PubMed.
- Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat: Integrating Agronomic, Genomics, and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Production.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Review
- Genetic architecture and functional consequences of lateral root length in maize.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Article
- The Rapid Anatomics Tool (RAT): A low-cost root anatomical phenotyping platform reveals changes in root anatomy along the root axis.Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Expression of thePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ensuring robustness in scientific research, split-root assays as an example case.Quantitative plant biology · 2025Article
- Root plasticity improves maize nitrogen use when nitrogen is limiting: an analysis using 3D plant modelling.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Foliar Phenotypic Plasticity Reflects Adaptation to Environmental Variability.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Root system architecture and environmental flux analysis in mature crops using 3D root mesocosms.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Phenotyping Latin American Open-Pollinated Varieties of Popcorn for Environments with Low Water Availability.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Maize Genotypes With Different Zinc Efficiency in Response to Low Zinc Stress and Heterogeneous Zinc Supply.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
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- Dynamics of localised nitrogen supply and relevance for root growth of Vicia faba ('Fuego') and Hordeum vulgare ('Marthe') in soil.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Involvement of a truncated MADS-box transcription factor ZmTMM1 in root nitrate foraging.Journal of experimental botany · 2020Article
- Auxin mediates the touch-induced mechanical stimulation of adventitious root formation under windy conditions in Brachypodium distachyon.BMC plant biology · 2020Article
- Multiple Integrated Root Phenotypes Are Associated with Improved Drought Tolerance.Plant physiology · 2020Article
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- An Analysis of Soil Coring Strategies to Estimate Root Depth in Maize (Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2020Article
- Plasticity of Lateral Root Branching in Maize.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- Luxury Vegetative Nitrogen Uptake in Maize Buffers Grain Yield Under Post-silking Water and Nitrogen Stress: A Mechanistic Understanding.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Analyses of MiRNA Functions in Maize Using a Newly Developed ZMBJ-CMV-2bFrontiers in plant science · 2019Article
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Abstract
Mineral nutrients are distributed in a non-uniform manner in the soil. Plasticity in root responses to the availability of mineral nutrients is believed to be important for optimizing nutrient acquisition. The response of root architecture to heterogeneous nutrient availability has been documented in various plant species, and the molecular mechanisms coordinating these responses have been investigated particularly in Arabidopsis, a model dicotyledonous plant. Recently, progress has been made in describing the phenotypic plasticity of root architecture in maize, a monocotyledonous crop. This article reviews aspects of phenotypic plasticity of maize root system architecture, with special emphasis on describing (1) the development of its complex root system; (2) phenotypic responses in root system architecture to heterogeneous N availability; (3) the importance of phenotypic plasticity for N acquisition; (4) different regulation of root growth and nutrients uptake by shoot; and (5) root traits in maize breeding. This knowledge will inform breeding strategies for root traits enabling more efficient acquisition of soil resources and synchronizing crop growth demand, root resource acquisition and fertilizer application during crop growing season, thereby maximizing crop yields and nutrient-use efficiency and minimizing environmental pollution.
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