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Physiological, molecular, and genetic mechanism of action of the biostimulant Quantis™ for increased thermotolerance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) (2024)
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Jayaweera, D. P., Dambire, C., Angelopoulou, D., Munné-Bosch, S., Swarup, R., & Ray, R. V. (2024). Physiological, molecular, and genetic mechanism of action of the biostimulant Quantis™ for increased thermotolerance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 11(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-023-00531-3

Background: Raising global temperatures limit crop productivity and new strategies are needed to improve the resilience of thermosensitive crops such as potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Biostimulants are emerging as potential crop protection products a... Read More about Physiological, molecular, and genetic mechanism of action of the biostimulant Quantis™ for increased thermotolerance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.).

Hydraulic flux–responsive hormone redistribution determines root branching (2022)
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Mehra, P., Pandey, B. K., Melebari, D., Banda, J., Leftley, N., Couvreur, V., …Bennett, M. J. (2022). Hydraulic flux–responsive hormone redistribution determines root branching. Science, 378(6621), 762-768. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add3771

Plant roots exhibit plasticity in their branching patterns to forage efficiently for heterogeneously distributed resources, such as soil water. The xerobranching response represses lateral root formation when roots lose contact with water. Here, we s... Read More about Hydraulic flux–responsive hormone redistribution determines root branching.

Identification of QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture associated with nitrate nutrition in hexaploid wheat (2022)
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GRIFFITHS, M., ATKINSON, J. A., Gardiner, L. J., SWARUP, R., POUND, M. P., WILSON, M. H., …WELLS, D. M. (2022). Identification of QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture associated with nitrate nutrition in hexaploid wheat. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 21(4), 917-932. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119%2821%2963700-0

The root system architecture (RSA) of a crop has a profound effect on the uptake of nutrients and consequently the potential yield. However, little is known about the genetic basis of RSA and resource adaptive responses in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.... Read More about Identification of QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture associated with nitrate nutrition in hexaploid wheat.

Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants (2020)
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Oh, J., Wilson, M., Hill, K., Leftley, N., Hodgman, C., Bennett, M. J., & Swarup, R. (2020). Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 21945. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78689-1

© 2020, The Author(s). Here we report creation of a unique and a very valuable resource for Plant Scientific community worldwide. In this era of post-genomics and modelling of multi-cellular systems using an integrative systems biology approach, bett... Read More about Arabidopsis antibody resources for functional studies in plants.

Developmental roles of AUX1/LAX auxin influx carriers in plants (2019)
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Swarup, R., & Bhosale, R. (2019). Developmental roles of AUX1/LAX auxin influx carriers in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, Article 1306. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01306

Plant hormone auxin regulates several aspects of plant growth and development. Auxin is predominantly synthesized in the shoot apex and developing leaf primordia and from there it is transported to the target tissues e.g. roots. Auxin transport is po... Read More about Developmental roles of AUX1/LAX auxin influx carriers in plants.

Role of cis-zeatin in root responses to phosphate starvation (2019)
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Silva-Navas, J., Conesa, C. M., Saez, A., Navarro-Nelia, S., Garcia-Mina, J. M., Zamarreño, A. M., …del Pozo, J. C. (2019). Role of cis-zeatin in root responses to phosphate starvation. New Phytologist, 224(1), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16020

Phosphate (Pi) is an essential nutrient for all organisms. Root are underground organs, but the majority of the root biology studies have been done growing the root system in presence of light. Root illumination alters the Pi starvation response (... Read More about Role of cis-zeatin in root responses to phosphate starvation.

Erratum: Author Correction: A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1409)) (2018)
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Bhosale, R., Giri, J., Pandey, B. K., Giehl, R. F. H., Hartmann, A., Traini, R., …Swarup, R. (2018). Erratum: Author Correction: A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1409)). Nature Communications, 9(1), 1818. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04281-x

The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements: 'We also thank DBT-CREST BT/HRD/03/01/2002.'This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Erratum: Author Correction: Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1408)) (2018)
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Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Erratum: Author Correction: Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1408)). Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 1810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04280-y

The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements:'We also thank DBT-CREST BT/HRD/03/01/2002.'This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Enhanced thylakoid photoprotection can increase yield and canopy radiation use efficiency in rice (2018)
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Hubbart, S., Smillie, I. R., Heatley, M., Swarup, R., Foo, C. C., Zhao, L., & Murchie, E. H. (2018). Enhanced thylakoid photoprotection can increase yield and canopy radiation use efficiency in rice. Communications Biology, 1, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0026-6

High sunlight can raise plant growth rates but can potentially cause cellular damage. The likelihood of deleterious effects is lowered by a sophisticated set of photoprotective mechanisms, one of the most important being the controlled dissipation of... Read More about Enhanced thylakoid photoprotection can increase yield and canopy radiation use efficiency in rice.

The auxin-regulated CrRLK1L kinase ERULUS controls cell wall composition during root hair tip growth (2018)
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Schoenaers, S., Balcerowicz, D., Breen, G., Hill, K., Zdanio, M., Mouille, G., …Vissenberg, K. (2018). The auxin-regulated CrRLK1L kinase ERULUS controls cell wall composition during root hair tip growth. Current Biology, 28(5), 722-732.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.050

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Root hairs facilitate a plant's ability to acquire soil anchorage and nutrients. Root hair growth is regulated by the plant hormone auxin and dependent on localized synthesis, secretion, and modification of the root hair tip cell... Read More about The auxin-regulated CrRLK1L kinase ERULUS controls cell wall composition during root hair tip growth.

Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions (2018)
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Muller, L., Bennett, M. J., French, A., Wells, D. M., & Swarup, R. (2018). Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1761, 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7747-5_8

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. Better understanding of root traits such as root angle and root gravitropism will be crucial for development of crops with improved resource use efficiency. This chapter describes a high-throughput, autom... Read More about Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions.

MtLAX2, a functional homologue of the Arabidopsis auxin influx transporter AUX1, is required for nodule organogenesis (2017)
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Roy, S., Robson, F., Lilley, J., Liu, C., Cheng, X., Wen, J., …Murray, J. D. (2017). MtLAX2, a functional homologue of the Arabidopsis auxin influx transporter AUX1, is required for nodule organogenesis. Plant Physiology, 174(1), 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01473

Most legume plants can form nodules, specialized lateral organs that form on roots, and house nitrogen-fixing bacteria collectively called rhizobia. The uptake of the phytohormone auxin into cells is known to be crucial for development of lateral roo... Read More about MtLAX2, a functional homologue of the Arabidopsis auxin influx transporter AUX1, is required for nodule organogenesis.

SHR overexpression induces the formation of supernumerary cell layers with cortex cell identity in rice (2017)
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Henry, S., Dievart, A., Divol, F., Pauluzzi, G., Meynard, D., Swarup, R., …Périn, C. (2017). SHR overexpression induces the formation of supernumerary cell layers with cortex cell identity in rice. Developmental Biology, 425(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.03.001

The number of root cortex cell layers varies among plants, and many species have several cortical cell layers. We recently demonstrated that the two rice orthologs of the Arabidopsis SHR gene, OsSHR1 and OsSHR2, could complement the A. thaliana shr m... Read More about SHR overexpression induces the formation of supernumerary cell layers with cortex cell identity in rice.

Formation of the stomatal outer cuticular ledge requires a guard cell wall proline-rich protein (2017)
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Hunt, L., Amsbury, S., Baillie, A., Movahedi, M., Mitchell, A., Afsharinafar, M., …Gray, J. E. (2017). Formation of the stomatal outer cuticular ledge requires a guard cell wall proline-rich protein. Plant Physiology, 174(2), https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01715

Stomata are formed by a pair of guard cells which have thickened, elastic cell walls to withstand the large increases in turgor pressure that have to be generated to open the pore that they surround. We have characterised FOCL1, a guard cell-expresse... Read More about Formation of the stomatal outer cuticular ledge requires a guard cell wall proline-rich protein.

One gene, many proteins: mapping cell-specific alternative splicing in plants (2016)
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Swarup, R., Crespi, M., & Bennett, M. J. (2016). One gene, many proteins: mapping cell-specific alternative splicing in plants. Developmental Cell, 39(4), 383-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2016.11.002

Pre-mRNA alternative splicing (AS) generates protein variants from a single gene that can create novel regulatory opportunities. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Li et al. (2016) present a high-resolution expression map of AS events in Arabidopsi... Read More about One gene, many proteins: mapping cell-specific alternative splicing in plants.

A ‘growing’ role for phosphites in promoting plant growth and development (2016)
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Rossall, S., Qing, C., Paneri, M., Bennett, M., & Swarup, R. (2016). A ‘growing’ role for phosphites in promoting plant growth and development. Acta Horticulturae, 1148(1148), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1148.7

There is some on-going controversy about the role of phosphites in plant development. Little or no evidence is available that phosphites can be converted to phosphates, and thus directly enhance plant nutrition. Some phosphite-based products have bee... Read More about A ‘growing’ role for phosphites in promoting plant growth and development.

Cytokinin acts through the auxin influx carrier AUX1 to regulate cell elongation in the root (2016)
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Street, I. H., Mathews, D. E., Yamburkenko, M. V., Sorooshzadeh, A., John, R. T., Swarup, R., …Schaller, G. E. (2016). Cytokinin acts through the auxin influx carrier AUX1 to regulate cell elongation in the root. Development, 143(21), 3982-3993. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.132035

Hormonal interactions are critical for plant development. In Arabidopsis, cytokinins inhibit root growth through effects on cell proliferation and cell elongation. Here we define key mechanistic elements in a regulatory network by which cytokinin inh... Read More about Cytokinin acts through the auxin influx carrier AUX1 to regulate cell elongation in the root.

Dioxygenase-encoding AtDAO1 gene controls IAA oxidation and homeostasis in arabidopsis (2016)
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Porco, S., Pěnčík, A., Rashed, A., Voß, U., Casanova-Sáez, R., Bishopp, A., …Ljung, K. (2016). Dioxygenase-encoding AtDAO1 gene controls IAA oxidation and homeostasis in arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(39), 11016-11021. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604375113

Auxin represents a key signal in plants, regulating almost every aspect of their growth and development. Major breakthroughs have been made dissecting the molecular basis of auxin transport, perception, and response. In contrast, how plants control t... Read More about Dioxygenase-encoding AtDAO1 gene controls IAA oxidation and homeostasis in arabidopsis.

Aphid Infestation Increases Fusarium langsethiae and T-2 and HT-2 Mycotoxins in Wheat (2016)
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Drakulic, J., Ajigboye, O., Swarup, R., Bruce, T., & Ray, R. V. (2016). Aphid Infestation Increases Fusarium langsethiae and T-2 and HT-2 Mycotoxins in Wheat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(22), 6548-6556. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02343-16

Fusarium langsethiae is a fungal pathogen of cereal crops that is an increasing problem in northern Europe, but much of its epidemiology is poorly understood. The species produces the mycotoxins T-2 and HT-2, which are highly toxic. It was hypothesiz... Read More about Aphid Infestation Increases Fusarium langsethiae and T-2 and HT-2 Mycotoxins in Wheat.

Lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis is dependent on transcription factor LBD29 regulation of auxin influx carrier LAX3 (2016)
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Porco, S., Larrieu, A., Du, Y., Gaudinier, A., Goh, T., Swarup, K., …Bennett, M. J. (2016). Lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis is dependent on transcription factor LBD29 regulation of auxin influx carrier LAX3. Development, 143(18), 3340-3349. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.136283

Lateral root primordia (LRP) originate from pericycle stem cells located deep within parental root tissues. LRP emerge through overlying root tissues by inducing auxin-dependent cell separation and hydraulic changes in adjacent cells. The auxin-induc... Read More about Lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis is dependent on transcription factor LBD29 regulation of auxin influx carrier LAX3.