ReviewJournal of experimental botany2015
The divining root: moisture-driven responses of roots at the micro- and macro-scale.
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- Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress.The Plant cell · 2023Article
- Combined QTL mapping and RNA-Seq pro-filing reveal candidate genes related to low-temperature tolerance in maize.Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement · 2022Article
- The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in Plant Roots during Development and in Response to Abiotic Stress.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Using a high density bin map to analyze quantitative trait locis of germination ability of maize at low temperatures.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Objective Phenotyping of Root System Architecture Using Image Augmentation and Machine Learning in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.).Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
- Uncovering How Auxin Optimizes Root Systems Architecture in Response to Environmental Stresses.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2021Review
- Evidence for root adaptation to a spatially discontinuous water availability in the absence of external water potential gradients.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Bioassays for the Effects of Strigolactones and Other Small Molecules on Root and Root Hair Development.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021Article
- Genome-Wide Analysis of theFrontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Root Response to Drought Stress in Rice (International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Temporal genetic patterns of root growth in Brassica napus L. revealed by a low-cost, high-efficiency hydroponic system.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2019Article
- A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Loci Involved in Wound-Induced Lateral Root Formation inFrontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Plasticity of Lateral Root Branching in Maize.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- Selection in Early Generations to Shift Allele Frequency for Seminal Root Angle in Wheat.The plant genome · 2018Article
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Abstract
Water is fundamental to plant life, but the mechanisms by which plant roots sense and respond to variations in water availability in the soil are poorly understood. Many studies of responses to water deficit have focused on large-scale effects of this stress, but have overlooked responses at the sub-organ or cellular level that give rise to emergent whole-plant phenotypes. We have recently discovered hydropatterning, an adaptive environmental response in which roots position new lateral branches according to the spatial distribution of available water across the circumferential axis. This discovery illustrates that roots are capable of sensing and responding to water availability at spatial scales far lower than those normally studied for such processes. This review will explore how roots respond to water availability with an emphasis on what is currently known at different spatial scales. Beginning at the micro-scale, there is a discussion of water physiology at the cellular level and proposed sensory mechanisms cells use to detect osmotic status. The implications of these principles are then explored in the context of cell and organ growth under non-stress and water-deficit conditions. Following this, several adaptive responses employed by roots to tailor their functionality to the local moisture environment are discussed, including patterning of lateral root development and generation of hydraulic barriers to limit water loss. We speculate that these micro-scale responses are necessary for optimal functionality of the root system in a heterogeneous moisture environment, allowing for efficient water uptake with minimal water loss during periods of drought.
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