Abiotic stresses increasingly threaten existing ecological and agricultural systems across the
globe. Plant roots perceive these stresses in the soil and adapt their architecture …

Root systems can display variable architectures that contribute to survival strategies of
plants. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana possesses a tap root system, in which the …

Plant roots acquire nutrients and water while managing interactions with the soil microbiota.
The root endodermis provides an extracellular diffusion barrier through a network of lignified …

Root architecture is a major determinant of plant fitness and is under constant modification in
response to favorable and unfavorable environmental stimuli. Beyond impacts on the …

Pectin is an abundant cell wall polysaccharide with essential roles in various biological
processes. The structural diversity of pectins, along with the numerous combinations of the …

Lateral roots (LRs) are crucial for increasing the surface area of root systems to explore
heterogeneous soil environments. Major advances have recently been made in the model …

The root cap surrounding the tip of plant roots is thought to protect the delicate stem cells in
the root meristem. We discovered that the first layer of root cap cells is covered by an …

Postembryonic organogenesis is critical for plant development. Underground, lateral roots
(LRs) form the bulk of mature root systems, yet the ontogeny of the LR primordium (LRP) is …

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 …

Being sessile organisms, plants need to continually adapt and modulate their rate of growth
and development in accordance with the changing environmental conditions, a …