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Roots branch towards water by post-translational modification of transcription factor ARF7 (2018)
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Orosa Puente, B., Leftley, N., Von Wangenheim, D., Banda, J., Anjil, S., Hill, K., …Bennett, M. (2018). Roots branch towards water by post-translational modification of transcription factor ARF7. Science, 362(6421), 1407-1410. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau3956

Plants adapt to heterogeneous soil conditions by altering their root architecture. For example, roots branch when in contact with water using the hydropatterning response. We report that hydropatterning is dependent on auxin response factor ARF7. Thi... Read More about Roots branch towards water by post-translational modification of transcription factor ARF7.

A study of tuberculosis in road traffic-killed badgers on the edge of the British bovine TB epidemic area (2018)
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Sandoval Barron, E., Swift, B., Chantrey, J., Christley, R., Gardner, R., Jewell, C., …Bennett, M. (2018). A study of tuberculosis in road traffic-killed badgers on the edge of the British bovine TB epidemic area. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 17206. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35652-5

The role of badgers in the geographic expansion of the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) epidemic in England is unknown: indeed there have been few published studies of bTB in badgers outside of the Southwest of England where the infection is now endemic in... Read More about A study of tuberculosis in road traffic-killed badgers on the edge of the British bovine TB epidemic area.

SUMO conjugation to the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 triggers intracellular signalling in plant innate immunity (2018)
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Srivastava, A. K., Orosa, B., Yates, G., Verma, V., Srivastava, M., Campanaro, A., …Sadanandom, A. (2018). SUMO conjugation to the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 triggers intracellular signalling in plant innate immunity. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 5185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07696-8

Detection of conserved microbial patterns by host cell surface pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) activates innate immunity. The FLAGELLIN-SENSITIVE 2 (FLS2) receptor perceives bacterial flagellin and recruits another PRR, BAK1 and the cytoplasmic-... Read More about SUMO conjugation to the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 triggers intracellular signalling in plant innate immunity.

PYL8 mediates ABA perception in the root through non-cell-autonomous and ligand-stabilization–based mechanisms (2018)
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Belda-Palazon, B., Gonzalez-Garcia, M., Lozano-Juste, J., Coego, A., Antoni, R., Julian, J., …Rodriguez, P. L. (2018). PYL8 mediates ABA perception in the root through non-cell-autonomous and ligand-stabilization–based mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(50), E11857-E11863. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815410115

© 2018 National Academy of Sciences. All Rights Reserved. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a key role regulating root growth, root system architecture, and root adaptive responses, such as hydrotropism. The molecular and cellular mechanism... Read More about PYL8 mediates ABA perception in the root through non-cell-autonomous and ligand-stabilization–based mechanisms.

The xerobranching response represses lateral root formation when roots are not in contact with water (2018)
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Orman-Ligeza, B., Morris, E. C., Parizot, B., Lavigne, T., Babé, A., Ligeza, A., …Draye, X. (2018). The xerobranching response represses lateral root formation when roots are not in contact with water. Current Biology, 28(19), 3165-3173.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.074

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Efficient soil exploration by roots represents an important target for crop improvement and food security [1, 2]. Lateral root (LR) formation is a key trait for optimizing soil foraging for crucial resources such as water and nutr... Read More about The xerobranching response represses lateral root formation when roots are not in contact with water.

Anthropogenic environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife (2018)
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Swift, B. M., Bennett, M., Waller, K., Dodd, C., Murray, A., Gomes, R. L., …Arnold, K. E. (2019). Anthropogenic environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife. Science of the Total Environment, 649, 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.180

The isolation of antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB) from wildlife living adjacent to humans has led to the suggestion that such antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is anthropogenically driven by exposure to antimicrobials and ARB. However, ARB have al... Read More about Anthropogenic environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife.

Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping (2018)
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Atkinson, J. A., Pound, M. P., Bennett, M. J., & Wells, D. M. (2019). Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 55, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2018.06.002

© 2018 The Authors Major increases in crop yield are required to keep pace with population growth and climate change. Improvements to the architecture of crop roots promise to deliver increases in water and nutrient use efficiency but profiling the r... Read More about Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping.

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.

Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (2018)
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Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03850-4

Root traits such as root angle and hair length influence resource acquisition particularly for immobile nutrients like phosphorus (P). Here, we attempted to modify root angle in rice by disrupting the OsAUX1 auxin influx transporter gene in an effort... Read More about Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate.

Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network (2018)
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Scofield, S., Murison, A., Jones, A., Fozard, J., Aida, M., Band, L. R., …Murray, J. A. (2018). Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network. Development, 145(9), Article dev157081. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.157081

© 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. The Arabidopsis homeodomain transcription factor SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM) is crucial for shoot apical meristem (SAM) function, yet the components and structure of the STM gene regulatory network (GR... Read More about Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network.

A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (2018)
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Giehl, R. F. H., Bhosale, R., Giri, J., Pandey, B. K., Giehl, R. F., Hartmann, A., …Swarup, R. (2018). A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03851-3

Phosphate (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth. Roots employ adaptive mechanisms to forage for P in soil. Root hair elongation is particularly important since P is immobile. Here we report that auxin plays a critical role promoting root... Read More about A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate.

AUX1-mediated root hair auxin influx governs SCFTIR1/AFB-type Ca2+ signaling (2018)
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Dindas, J., Scherzer, S., Roelfsema, M. R. G., von Meyer, K., Müller, H. M., Al-Rasheid, K., …Hedrich, R. (2018). AUX1-mediated root hair auxin influx governs SCFTIR1/AFB-type Ca2+ signaling. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 1174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03582-5

Auxin is a key regulator of plant growth and development, but the causal relationship between hormone transport and root responses remains unresolved. Here we describe auxin uptake, together with early steps in signaling, in Arabidopsis root hairs. U... Read More about AUX1-mediated root hair auxin influx governs SCFTIR1/AFB-type Ca2+ signaling.

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.