Aug 28, 2020 | Highlights Home, Highlights News, Integration
Nitrogen use efficiency by plants and reducing the environmental impact of the massive use of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture. In Arabidopsis, previous studies have shown that post-translational regulations of the NRT2.1 nitrate transporter play an important role...
Aug 27, 2020 | FeROS, Highlights Home, Highlights News
Background. Iron (Fe) is a major micronutrient and is required for plant growth and development. Nongrass species have evolved a reduction-based strategy to solubilize and take up Fe. The secretion of Fe-mobilizing coumarins (e.g. fraxetin, esculetin and sideretin) by...
Aug 26, 2020 | Aquaporins, Highlights Home, Highlights News
Plants often face successive drought or flooding episodes and have to continuously adjust the capacity of their roots to take up soil water. This article shows that a comprehensive understanding of root architecture and hydraulics as a whole (in other terms, root...