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ArticleScientific reports2017

The developmental and environmental regulation of gravitropic setpoint angle in Arabidopsis and bean.

Suruchi Roychoudhry, Martin Kieffer, Marta Del Bianco, Che-Yang Liao, Dolf Weijers, Stefan Kepinski

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Suruchi RoychoudhryCentre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Martin KiefferCentre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Marta Del BiancoCentre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Che-Yang LiaoLaboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Dolf WeijersLaboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Stefan KepinskiCentre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
University of Leeds · GBWageningen University & Research · NL

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L010623/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N010124/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Root and shoot branches are major determinants of plant form and critical for the effective capture of resources below and above ground. These branches are often maintained at specific angles with respect to gravity, known as gravitropic set point angles (GSAs). We have previously shown that the mechanism permitting the maintenance of non-vertical GSAs is highly auxin-dependent and here we investigate the developmental and environmental regulation of root and shoot branch GSA. We show that nitrogen and phosphorous deficiency have opposing, auxin signalling-dependent effects on lateral root GSA in Arabidopsis: while low nitrate induces less vertical lateral root GSA, phosphate deficiency results in a more vertical lateral root growth angle, a finding that contrasts with the previously reported growth angle response of bean adventitious roots. We find that this root-class-specific discrepancy in GSA response to low phosphorus is mirrored by similar differences in growth angle response to auxin treatment between these root types. Finally we show that both shaded, low red/far-red light conditions and high temperature induce more vertical growth in Arabidopsis shoot branches. We discuss the significance of these findings in the context of efforts to improve crop performance via the manipulation of root and shoot branch growth angle.

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EnvironmentGravitropismPlant DevelopmentArabidopsisIndoleacetic AcidsLightNitratesPhosphatesPlant RootsTemperatureIndoleacetic AcidsNitratesPhosphates

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PMID28256503
PMCPMC5335621
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