Should root plasticity be a crop breeding target?

HM Schneider, JP Lynch - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Root phenotypic plasticity has been proposed as a target for the development of more
productive crops in variable environments. However, the plasticity of root anatomical and …

Rhizosphere engineering: enhancing sustainable plant ecosystem productivity

AH Ahkami, RA White III, PP Handakumbura… - Rhizosphere, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The rhizosphere is arguably the most complex microbial habitat on earth, comprising an
integrated network of plant roots, soil and a diverse microbial consortium of bacteria …

Salicylic acid in root growth and development

ZZ Bagautdinova, N Omelyanchuk, AV Tyapkin… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
In plants, salicylic acid (SA) is a hormone that mediates a plant's defense against pathogens.
SA also takes an active role in a plant's response to various abiotic stresses, including …

How plant roots respond to waterlogging

K Daniel, S Hartman - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Plant submergence is a major abiotic stress that impairs plant performance. Under water,
reduced gas diffusion exposes submerged plant cells to an environment that is enriched in …

A molecular framework of ethylene-mediated fruit growth and ripening processes in tomato

W Huang, N Hu, Z **ao, Y Qiu, Y Yang, J Yang… - The Plant …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Although the role of ethylene in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit ripening has been
intensively studied, its role in tomato fruit growth remains poorly understood. In addition, the …

Lateral root development in Arabidopsis: fifty shades of auxin

J Lavenus, T Goh, I Roberts, S Guyomarc'h… - Trends in plant …, 2013‏ - cell.com
The developmental plasticity of the root system represents a key adaptive trait enabling
plants to cope with abiotic stresses such as drought and is therefore important in the current …

Azospirillum brasilense ameliorates the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to drought mainly via enhancement of ABA levels

AC Cohen, R Bottini, M Pontin, FJ Berli… - Physiologia …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Production of phytohormones is one of the main mechanisms to explain the beneficial
effects of plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) such as Azospirillum sp. The PGPRs …

Hormonal interactions in the regulation of plant development

M Vanstraelen, E Benková - Annual review of cell and …, 2012‏ - annualreviews.org
Plants exhibit a unique developmental flexibility to ever-changing environmental conditions.
To achieve their profound adaptability, plants are able to maintain permanent stem cell …

Root system architecture: insights from Arabidopsis and cereal crops

S Smith, I De Smet - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2012‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water
uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface …

Arabidopsis lateral root development: an emerging story

B Péret, B De Rybel, I Casimiro, E Benková… - Trends in plant …, 2009‏ - cell.com
Lateral root formation is a major determinant of root systems architecture. The degree of root
branching impacts the efficiency of water uptake, acquisition of nutrients and anchorage by …