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Grasses suppress shoot-borne roots to conserve water during drought.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Aug 2016
Sebastian Jose, Yee Muh-Ching, Goudinho Viana Willian, Rellán-Álvarez Rubén, Feldman Max, Priest Henry D, Trontin Charlotte, Lee Tak, Jiang Hui, Baxter Ivan, Mockler Todd C, Hochholdinger Frank, Brutnell Thomas P, Dinneny José R
Abstract excerpt
Many important crops are members of the Poaceae family, which develop root systems characterized by a high degree of root initiation from the belowground basal nodes of the shoot, termed the crown. Although this postembryonic shoot-borne root system represents the major conduit for water uptake, little is known about the effect of water availability on its development. Here we demonstrate that in the model C4...
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