Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability

von Wangenheim, Daniel; Banda, Jason; Schmitz, Alexander; Boland, Jens; Bishopp, Anthony; Maizel, Alexis; Stelzer, Ernst H.K.; Bennett, Malcolm

Abstract

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Root branching is influenced by the soil environment and exhibits a high level of plasticity. We report that the radial positioning of emerging lateral roots is influenced by their hydrological environment during early developmental stages. New lateral root primordia have both a high degree of flexibility in terms of initiation and development angle towards the available water. Our observations reveal how the external hydrological environment regulates lateral root morphogenesis.

Citation

von Wangenheim, D., Banda, J., Schmitz, A., Boland, J., Bishopp, A., Maizel, A., Stelzer, E. H., & Bennett, M. (2020). Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability. Nature Plants, 6, 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0580-z

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 11, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Feb 3, 2020
• Publication Date: Feb 3, 2020
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 4, 2020
• Journal: Nature Plants
• Print ISSN: 2055-026X
• Electronic ISSN: 2055-0278
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 73–77
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0580-z
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3595776
• Publisher URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-019-0580-z
• Additional Information: Received: 26 March 2019; Accepted: 11 December 2019; First Online: 3 February 2020; : The authors declare no competing interests.