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Do longer root hairs improve phosphorus uptake? Testing the hypothesis with transgenic Brachypodium distachyon lines overexpressing endogenous RSL genes.
The New phytologist - 1 Mar 2018
Zhang Chunyan, Simpson Richard J, Kim Chul Min, Warthmann Norman, Delhaize Emmanuel, Dolan Liam, Byrne Mary E, Wu Yu, Ryan Peter R
Abstract excerpt
Mutants without root hairs show reduced inorganic orthophosphate (Pi) uptake and compromised growth on soils when Pi availability is restricted. What is less clear is whether root hairs that are longer than wild-type provide an additional benefit to phosphorus (P) nutrition. This was tested using transgenic Brachypodium lines with longer root hairs. The lines were transformed with the endogenous BdRSL2 and BdRSL3...
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