ReviewNature plants2020
Root architecture and hydraulics converge for acclimation to changing water availability.
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92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 251 citations in OpenAlex.
- Plant root plasticity during drought and recovery: What do we know and where to go?Frontiers in plant science · 2023Pooled it
- Quantifying Root Turgor Using Dew Point Hygrometry.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027Article
- Multitrait Evaluation of Drought Tolerance at the Seedling Stage in Advanced Backcross Germplasm Derived from Sugarcane ×Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Water Regime Determines Dose-Dependent Growth and Biomass Allocation Responses of Soybean Seedlings toPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Synergistic effects of melatonin and 24-epibrassinolide on salt stress tolerance in Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) seedlings.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Integrating 3D phenotyping and functional-structural plant models for crop ideotype breeding.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Methyl jasmonate induces conservative trait shifts that improve drought resilience in clonal grass.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Genetic dissection of root traits in barley identifies major QTLs and domestication signature.Plant cell reports · 2026Article
- Reduced tillage and foliar application of Methylobacterium symbioticum synergistically improve yield and nutrient uptake in organic black barley.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The overlooked role of root water content in the root economics space.Nature plants · 2026Article
- Humic acid application improves soil quality and wheat yield in saline-alkali soils.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Water flux patterns and aquaporin dynamics: linking stomatal demand to root hydraulics in pearl millet hybrids.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Root system architecture and drought adaptation: emerging tools and genetic insights.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Optimizing water and organic fertilizer use to enhance seedling growth and soil health in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa spp. pekinensis) cultivation.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Plant hydraulic traits influencing crop production in water-limited environments.Plant physiology · 2025Review
- Climatic Seasonality in the Caatinga Ecosystem Shapes the Plant-herbivore Interactions Dynamic.Neotropical entomology · 2025Article
- Drought modifies the impacts of soil nutrient heterogeneity on native and alien plant growth in the absence of competition.AoB PLANTS · 2025Article
- Seeing the unseen: A novel approach to extract latent plant root traits from digital images.Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Root system ideotypes: what is the potential for breeding drought-tolerant grapevine rootstocks?Journal of experimental botany · 2025Review
- Drought Modulates Root-Microbe Interactions and Functional Gene Expression in Plateau Wetland Herbaceous Plants.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Because of intense transpiration and growth, the needs of plants for water can be immense. Yet water in the soil is most often heterogeneous if not scarce due to more and more frequent and intense drought episodes. The converse context, flooding, is often associated with marked oxygen deficiency and can also challenge the plant water status. Under our feet, roots achieve an incredible challenge to meet the water demand of the plant's aerial parts under such dramatically different environmental conditions. For this, they continuously explore the soil, building a highly complex, branched architecture. On shorter time scales, roots keep adjusting their water transport capacity (their so-called hydraulics) locally or globally. While the mechanisms that directly underlie root growth and development as well as tissue hydraulics are being uncovered, the signalling mechanisms that govern their local and systemic adjustments as a function of water availability remain largely unknown. A comprehensive understanding of root architecture and hydraulics as a whole (in other terms, root hydraulic architecture) is needed to apprehend the strategies used by plants to optimize water uptake and possibly improve crops regarding this crucial trait.
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