Shaping 3D root system architecture

Plants are sessile organisms rooted in one place. The soil resources that plants require are often distributed in a highly heterogeneous pattern. To aid foraging, plants have evolved roots whose growth and development are highly responsive to soil signals. As a result, 3D root architecture is shaped...

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Main Authors: Morris, Emily C., Griffiths, Marcus, Golebiowska, Agata, Mairhofer, Stefan, Burr-Hersey, Jasmine, Goh, Tatsuaki, von Wangenheim, Daniel, Atkinson, Brian, Sturrock, Craig J., Lynch, Jonathan P., Vissenberg, Kris, Ritz, Karl, Wells, Darren M., Mooney, Sacha J., Bennett, Malcolm J.
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author Morris, Emily C.
Griffiths, Marcus
Golebiowska, Agata
Mairhofer, Stefan
Burr-Hersey, Jasmine
Goh, Tatsuaki
von Wangenheim, Daniel
Atkinson, Brian
Sturrock, Craig J.
Lynch, Jonathan P.
Vissenberg, Kris
Ritz, Karl
Wells, Darren M.
Mooney, Sacha J.
Bennett, Malcolm J.
author_facet Morris, Emily C.
Griffiths, Marcus
Golebiowska, Agata
Mairhofer, Stefan
Burr-Hersey, Jasmine
Goh, Tatsuaki
von Wangenheim, Daniel
Atkinson, Brian
Sturrock, Craig J.
Lynch, Jonathan P.
Vissenberg, Kris
Ritz, Karl
Wells, Darren M.
Mooney, Sacha J.
Bennett, Malcolm J.
author_sort Morris, Emily C.
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description Plants are sessile organisms rooted in one place. The soil resources that plants require are often distributed in a highly heterogeneous pattern. To aid foraging, plants have evolved roots whose growth and development are highly responsive to soil signals. As a result, 3D root architecture is shaped by myriad environmental signals to ensure resource capture is optimised and unfavourable environments are avoided. The first signals sensed by newly germinating seeds — gravity and light — direct root growth into the soil to aid seedling establishment. Heterogeneous soil resources, such as water, nitrogen and phosphate, also act as signals that shape 3D root growth to optimise uptake. Root architecture is also modified through biotic interactions that include soil fungi and neighbouring plants. This developmental plasticity results in a ‘custom-made’ 3D root system that is best adapted to forage for resources in each soil environment that a plant colonises.
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spelling nottingham-464372020-05-04T19:05:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46437/ Shaping 3D root system architecture Morris, Emily C. Griffiths, Marcus Golebiowska, Agata Mairhofer, Stefan Burr-Hersey, Jasmine Goh, Tatsuaki von Wangenheim, Daniel Atkinson, Brian Sturrock, Craig J. Lynch, Jonathan P. Vissenberg, Kris Ritz, Karl Wells, Darren M. Mooney, Sacha J. Bennett, Malcolm J. Plants are sessile organisms rooted in one place. The soil resources that plants require are often distributed in a highly heterogeneous pattern. To aid foraging, plants have evolved roots whose growth and development are highly responsive to soil signals. As a result, 3D root architecture is shaped by myriad environmental signals to ensure resource capture is optimised and unfavourable environments are avoided. The first signals sensed by newly germinating seeds — gravity and light — direct root growth into the soil to aid seedling establishment. Heterogeneous soil resources, such as water, nitrogen and phosphate, also act as signals that shape 3D root growth to optimise uptake. Root architecture is also modified through biotic interactions that include soil fungi and neighbouring plants. This developmental plasticity results in a ‘custom-made’ 3D root system that is best adapted to forage for resources in each soil environment that a plant colonises. Elsevier (Cell Press) 2017-09-11 Article PeerReviewed Morris, Emily C., Griffiths, Marcus, Golebiowska, Agata, Mairhofer, Stefan, Burr-Hersey, Jasmine, Goh, Tatsuaki, von Wangenheim, Daniel, Atkinson, Brian, Sturrock, Craig J., Lynch, Jonathan P., Vissenberg, Kris, Ritz, Karl, Wells, Darren M., Mooney, Sacha J. and Bennett, Malcolm J. (2017) Shaping 3D root system architecture. Current Biology, 27 (17). R919-R930. ISSN 1879-0445 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217307807 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.043 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.043
spellingShingle Morris, Emily C.
Griffiths, Marcus
Golebiowska, Agata
Mairhofer, Stefan
Burr-Hersey, Jasmine
Goh, Tatsuaki
von Wangenheim, Daniel
Atkinson, Brian
Sturrock, Craig J.
Lynch, Jonathan P.
Vissenberg, Kris
Ritz, Karl
Wells, Darren M.
Mooney, Sacha J.
Bennett, Malcolm J.
Shaping 3D root system architecture
title Shaping 3D root system architecture
title_full Shaping 3D root system architecture
title_fullStr Shaping 3D root system architecture
title_full_unstemmed Shaping 3D root system architecture
title_short Shaping 3D root system architecture
title_sort shaping 3d root system architecture
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46437/
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