Roots withstanding their environment: exploiting root system architecture responses to abiotic stress to improve crop tolerance

IT Koevoets, JH Venema, JTM Elzenga… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
To face future challenges in crop production dictated by global climate changes, breeders
and plant researchers collaborate to develop productive crops that are able to withstand a …

The strigolactone story

X ** root architecture was addressed. Primary root lengths of strigolactone-deficient and …

Strigolactone can promote or inhibit shoot branching by triggering rapid depletion of the auxin efflux protein PIN1 from the plasma membrane

N Shinohara, C Taylor, O Leyser - PLoS biology, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Plants continuously extend their root and shoot systems through the action of meristems at
their growing tips. By regulating which meristems are active, plants adjust their body plans to …

Strigolactones are involved in phosphate-and nitrate-deficiency-induced root development and auxin transport in rice

H Sun, J Tao, S Liu, S Huang, S Chen… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Strigolactones (SLs) or their derivatives have recently been defined as novel
phytohormones that regulate root development. However, it remains unclear whether SLs …

Strigolactones affect lateral root formation and root-hair elongation in Arabidopsis

Y Kapulnik, PM Delaux, N Resnick, E Mayzlish-Gati… - Planta, 2011 - Springer
Strigolactones (SLs) have been proposed as a new group of plant hormones, inhibiting
shoot branching, and as signaling molecules for plant interactions. Here, we present …

Diverse roles of strigolactones in plant development

PB Brewer, H Koltai, CA Beveridge - Molecular plant, 2013 - cell.com
With the discovery of strigolactones as root exudate signals that trigger parasitic weed seed
germination, and then as a branching inhibitor and plant hormone, the next phase of …

Getting to the roots of it: genetic and hormonal control of root architecture

JKH Jung, S McCouch - Frontiers in plant science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Root system architecture (RSA)–the spatial configuration of a root system–is an important
developmental and agronomic trait, with implications for overall plant architecture, growth …

The pea TCP transcription factor PsBRC1 acts downstream of strigolactones to control shoot branching

N Braun, A de Saint Germain, JP Pillot… - Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The function of PsBRC1, the pea (Pisum sativum) homolog of the maize (Zea mays)
TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 and the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) BRANCHED1 …

Auxin: a master regulator in plant root development

S Saini, I Sharma, N Kaur, PK Pati - Plant cell reports, 2013 - Springer
The demand for increased crop productivity and the predicted challenges related to plant
survival under adverse environmental conditions have renewed the interest in research in …