Plant hormones are signalling compounds that regulate crucial aspects of growth,
development and environmental stress responses. Abiotic stresses, such as drought …

Contents Summary 523 I. Introduction 523 II. Sensing salt stress 524 III. Ion homeostasis
regulation 524 IV. Metabolite and cell activity responses to salt stress 527 V. Conclusions …

In order to optimally establish their root systems, plants are endowed with several
mechanisms to use at distinct steps during their development. In this review, we zoom in on …

To improve water and nutrient acquisition from the soil, plants can modulate their root
system architecture. Despite the importance of changes in root architecture to exploit local …

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 exhibit plasticity in their branching patterns to forage efficiently for
heterogeneously distributed resources, such as soil water. The xerobranching response …

Contents I. Introduction 295 II. Evolution of the Plant Vascular System 295 III. Phloem
Development & Differentiation 300 IV. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Xylem Cell …

The developmental plasticity of the root system represents a key adaptive trait enabling
plants to cope with abiotic stresses such as drought and is therefore important in the current …

Root system architecture is an important determinant of below-ground resource capture and
hence overall plant fitness. The plant hormone auxin plays a central role in almost every …

The Arabidopsis root has been the subject of intense research over the past decades. This
research has led to significantly improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms …