Sugar transporters in plants: new insights and discoveries

BT Julius, KA Leach, TM Tran, RA Mertz… - Plant and Cell …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Carbohydrate partitioning is the process of carbon assimilation and distribution from source
tissues, such as leaves, to sink tissues, such as stems, roots and seeds. Sucrose, the …

Sucrose utilization for improved crop yields: A review article

OO Aluko, C Li, Q Wang, H Liu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photosynthetic carbon converted to sucrose is vital for plant growth. Sucrose acts as a
signaling molecule and a primary energy source that coordinates the source and sink …

Crop root responses to drought stress: molecular mechanisms, nutrient regulations, and interactions with microorganisms in the rhizosphere

J Kang, Y Peng, W Xu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Roots play important roles in determining crop development under drought. Under such
conditions, the molecular mechanisms underlying key responses and interactions with the …

Lignin-based hydrogel alleviates drought stress in maize

N Mazloom, R Khorassani, GH Zohury, H Emami… - Environmental and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global water shortage is a crisis for all living systems, including agricultural cropping
systems. Water absorbent hydrogels from synthetic polymers can retain moisture from …

Mutualistic interaction between arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi and soybean roots enhances drought resistant through regulating glucose exudation and rhizosphere …

DTT Hoang, M Rashtbari, LT Anh, S Wang… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glucose is one of the low molecular weight components of root exudates to mediate the
cross-talk between plants and microbes, but less is known about their contribution to drought …

Not so hidden anymore: advances and challenges in understanding root growth under water deficits

P Voothuluru, Y Wu, RE Sharp - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Limited water availability is a major environmental factor constraining plant development
and crop yields. One of the prominent adaptations of plants to water deficits is the …

From stress to responses: aluminium-induced signalling in the root apex

P Wang, N Wan, WJ Horst… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aluminium (Al) toxicity is one of the major constraints for crop growth and productivity in most
of the acid soils worldwide. The primary lesion of Al toxicity is the rapid inhibition of root …

Apoplastic hydrogen peroxide in the growth zone of the maize primary root. Increased levels differentially modulate root elongation under well-watered and water …

P Voothuluru, P Mäkelä, J Zhu, M Yamaguchi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can act as signaling molecules involved in the acclimation
of plants to various abiotic and biotic stresses. However, it is not clear how the generalized …

Maize Brittle Stalk2-Like3, encoding a COBRA protein, functions in cell wall formation and carbohydrate partitioning

BT Julius, TJ McCubbin, RA Mertz, N Baert… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Carbohydrate partitioning from leaves to sink tissues is essential for plant growth and
development. The maize (Zea mays) recessive carbohydrate partitioning defective28 …

The EXO70 inhibitor Endosidin2 alters plasma membrane protein composition in Arabidopsis roots

X Li, P Zhu, YJ Chen, L Huang, D Wang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
To sustain normal growth and allow rapid responses to environmental cues, plants alter the
plasma membrane protein composition under different conditions presumably by regulation …