Open AccessPutting Down Roots: How Nitrate and Abscisic Acid Help Shape Root System Architecture
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.16.00132
Subject(s) - nitrate , abscisic acid , biology , elongation , lateral root , plant growth , plant root , botany , root system , agronomy , horticulture , biochemistry , ecology , arabidopsis , materials science , gene , ultimate tensile strength , mutant , metallurgy
Nitrate has profound effects on plant growth and development. Adequate nitrate levels inhibit lateral root growth, as the plant senses it has all the nitrate it needs. Conversely, a patch of nitrate in poor soil triggers the initiation or elongation of lateral roots, a remarkably plastic process
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