ArticlePlant physiology2018
Going with the Flow: Multiscale Insights into the Composite Nature of Water Transport in Roots.
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- Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion.Nature genetics · 2024Article
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- Evidence that variation in root anatomy contributes to local adaptation in Mexican native maize.Evolutionary applications · 2024Article
- Choreographing root architecture and rhizosphere interactions through synthetic biology.Nature communications · 2024Review
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- Root phenotypes for improved nitrogen capture.Plant and soil · 2024Review
- Natural variation of maize root hydraulic architecture underlies highly diverse water uptake capacities.Plant physiology · 2023Article
- A root functional-structural model allows assessment of the effects of water deficit on water and solute transport parameters.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Article
- Changes in root hydraulic conductivity in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in response to salt stress and day/night can best be explained through altered activity of aquaporins.Plant, cell & environment · 2023Article
- The flow of water: Critical factors of root axial water transport determined.Plant physiology · 2022Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
As water often limits crop production, a more complete understanding of plant water capture and transport is necessary. Here, we developed MECHA, a mathematical model that computes the flow of water across the root at the scale of walls, membranes, and plasmodesmata of individual cells, and used it to test hypotheses related to root water transport in maize (
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