BACKGROUND Although plants are dependent on the capture of a number of elemental
nutrients from the soil, the principal nutrients that limit plant productivity are nitrogen (N) and …

Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. Root system
architecture (RSA) affects a plant's ability to obtain phosphate, the major form of phosphorus …

As an essential plant macronutrient, the low availability of phosphorus (P) in most soils
imposes serious limitation on crop production. Plants have evolved complex responsive and …

Plants acquire phosphorus in the form of phosphate (Pi), the concentration of which is often
limited for plant uptake. Plants have developed diverse responses to conserve and …

Phosphorus is a crucial component of major organic molecules such as nucleic acids, ATP
and membrane phospholipids. It is present in soils in the form of inorganic phosphate (Pi) …

The biosynthesis of the recently identified novel class of plant hormones, strigolactones, is
up-regulated upon phosphate deficiency in many plant species. It is generally accepted that …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Soil phosphate represents the only source of phosphorus for plants and, consequently, is its
entry into the trophic chain. This major component of nucleic acids, phospholipids, and …

The survival of plants, as sessile organisms, depends on a series of postembryonic
developmental events that determine the final architecture of plants and allow them to …

The root system is fundamentally important for plant growth and survival because of its role
in water and nutrient uptake. Therefore, plants rely on modulation of root system architecture …