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ReviewPlant physiology2021

Lateral root formation and nutrients: nitrogen in the spotlight.

Pierre-Mathieu Pélissier, Hans Motte, Tom Beeckman

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Review in Plant physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
10.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pierre-Mathieu PélissierDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.
Hans MotteDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6059-1397
Tom BeeckmanDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8656-2060
Ghent University · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lateral roots are important to forage for nutrients due to their ability to increase the uptake area of a root system. Hence, it comes as no surprise that lateral root formation is affected by nutrients or nutrient starvation, and as such contributes to the root system plasticity. Understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating root adaptation dynamics toward nutrient availability is useful to optimize plant nutrient use efficiency. There is at present a profound, though still evolving, knowledge on lateral root pathways. Here, we aimed to review the intersection with nutrient signaling pathways to give an update on the regulation of lateral root development by nutrients, with a particular focus on nitrogen. Remarkably, it is for most nutrients not clear how lateral root formation is controlled. Only for nitrogen, one of the most dominant nutrients in the control of lateral root formation, the crosstalk with multiple key signals determining lateral root development is clearly shown. In this update, we first present a general overview of the current knowledge of how nutrients affect lateral root formation, followed by a deeper discussion on how nitrogen signaling pathways act on different lateral root-mediating mechanisms for which multiple recent studies yield insights.

Indexed as

Plant Physiological PhenomenaPlantsSignal TransductionAcclimatizationNitrogenNutrientsPlant DevelopmentPlant RootsNitrogenNutrients

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PMID33768243
PMCPMC8566224
OpenAlexW3137788452

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