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ReviewThe Plant cell2016

Growing Out of Stress: The Role of Cell- and Organ-Scale Growth Control in Plant Water-Stress Responses.

Wei Feng, Heike Lindner, Neil E Robbins, José R Dinneny

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Review in The Plant cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wei FengDepartment of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0003-3922-1815
Heike LindnerDepartment of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-5913-9803
Neil E RobbinsDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.
José R DinnenyDepartment of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305 jdinneny@carnegiescience.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3998-724X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water is the most limiting resource on land for plant growth, and its uptake by plants is affected by many abiotic stresses, such as salinity, cold, heat, and drought. While much research has focused on exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying the cellular signaling events governing water-stress responses, it is also important to consider the role organismal structure plays as a context for such responses. The regulation of growth in plants occurs at two spatial scales: the cell and the organ. In this review, we focus on how the regulation of growth at these different spatial scales enables plants to acclimate to water-deficit stress. The cell wall is discussed with respect to how the physical properties of this structure affect water loss and how regulatory mechanisms that affect wall extensibility maintain growth under water deficit. At a higher spatial scale, the architecture of the root system represents a highly dynamic physical network that facilitates access of the plant to a heterogeneous distribution of water in soil. We discuss the role differential growth plays in shaping the structure of this system and the physiological implications of such changes.

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Cell WallDehydrationDesiccationDroughtsPlantsWaterWater

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PMID27503468
PMCPMC5006702

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