ReviewPlant, cell & environment2022
Rhizosheath: An adaptive root trait to improve plant tolerance to phosphorus and water deficits?
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- Rhizosheath is the key structural element for enhancing the drought resistance in alpine desertified grasslands of Kengyilia hirsuta.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms underlying rhizosheath dynamics in Kengyilia hirsuta in response to alternating drought and rewatering.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Metabolomic profiling reveals root exudation pattern as regulated by phosphorus and light in contrasting rice cultivars.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- The root's hidden ally: How the rhizosheath microbiome fortifies crops against drought.aBIOTECH · 2026Review
- Integration of proteomic, metabolomic, and ubiquitinomic analyses reveals potential mechanisms underlying low-phosphorus stress adaptation in soybean roots.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Root-Pore Interactions, the Underestimated Driver for Rhizosphere Structure and Rhizosheath Development.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Rhizosheath inhabiting Massilia are linked to heterosis in roots of maize.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Rhizosheath Characteristics of Annual Ephemerals in Sandy and Gravelly Habitats of Northern Xinjiang Deserts.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Genome-wide association study identified BnaPAP17 genes involved in exogenous ATP utilization and regulating phosphorous content in Brassica napus.Plant cell reports · 2024Article
- Advancing hyperspectral imaging techniques for root systems: a new pipeline for macro- and microscale image acquisition and classification.Plant methods · 2024Article
- Root phenotypes for improved nitrogen capture.Plant and soil · 2024Review
- Nutrient and Microbiome-Mediated Plant-Soil Feedback in Domesticated and Wild Andropogoneae: Implications for Agroecosystems.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Involvement of Dynamic Adjustment of ABA, Proline and Sugar Levels in Rhizomes in Effective Acclimation ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Above and belowground traits impacting transpiration decline during soil drying in 48 maize (Zea mays) genotypes.Annals of botany · 2023Article
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- Rhizosheath: An adaptive root trait to improve plant tolerance to phosphorus and water deficits?Plant, cell & environment · 2022Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Drought and nutrient limitations adversely affect crop yields, with below-ground traits enhancing crop production in these resource-poor environments. This review explores the interacting biological, chemical and physical factors that determine rhizosheath (soil adhering to the root system) development, and its influence on plant water uptake and phosphorus acquisition in dry soils. Identification of quantitative trait loci for rhizosheath development indicate it is genetically determined, but the microbial community also directly (polysaccharide exudation) and indirectly (altered root hair development) affect its extent. Plants with longer and denser root hairs had greater rhizosheath development and increased P uptake efficiency. Moreover, enhanced rhizosheath formation maintains contact at the root-soil interface thereby assisting water uptake from drying soil, consequently improving plant survival in droughted environments. Nevertheless, it can be difficult to determine if rhizosheath development is a cause or consequence of improved plant adaptation to dry and nutrient-depleted soils. Does rhizosheath development directly enhance plant water and phosphorus use, or do other tolerance mechanisms allow plants to invest more resources in rhizosheath development? Much more work is required on the interacting genetic, physical, biochemical and microbial mechanisms that determine rhizosheath development, to demonstrate that selection for rhizosheath development is a viable crop improvement strategy.
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