Since every process in lateral root development, including initiation, emergence and elongation is governed by auxin, the question arises of how auxin responds to the local presence of ammonium which ...

Concepción Manzano, Elena Ramirez-Parra, Ilda Casimiro, Sofía Otero, Bénédicte Desvoyes, Bert De Rybel, Tom Beeckman, Pedro Casero, Crisanto Gutierrez and Juan C. del Pozo In plants, lateral roots ...

Researchers have used 3D live imaging to observe the formation process of lateral roots in plants, and clarified part of the mechanism that creates new meristematic tissue. If the root formation ...

Rapid alkalinization factor (RALF) is a peptide signal that plays a basic role in cell biology and most likely regulates cell expansion. In this study, transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana lines with high ...

When facing a volatile climate, nature searches for a way to survive. For plants, that often means spreading new roots deeper and wider in search of water, particularly in times of drought. While ...

New study from the University of Helsinki reveals how plant hormones control the dual fates of xylem-pole pericycle cells, a population of pluripotent stem cells embedded within vascular tissue of ...