Nov 12, 2018 | Aquaporins, Highlights Home, Highlights News
Tang N, Shahzad Z, Lonjon F, Loudet O, Vailleau F, Maurel C (2018) Natural variation at XND1 impacts root hydraulics and trade-off for stress responses in Arabidopsis. Nat. Commun., 9:3884 This work shows that, by inhiting the differentiation of xylem vessels in root...
Nov 2, 2018 | Aquaporins, Highlights Home, Highlights News
Crops may face increasing levels of drought due to a changing climate. Plant scientists funded by the EU investigated the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying root water transport function during drought conditions. [ Lire l’article ]
Nov 2, 2018 | Aquaporins, Highlights Home, Highlights News
Roots and plant resistance to drought, flagship progress of UMR B&PMP at the European level. A freesia’s root architecture helps the plant store food to survive seasonal weather conditions. Image credit – Brian Atkinson We should breed new varieties of crops based...
Jun 4, 2018 | Highlights Home, Highlights News, KaliPHruit
Alexandre Martinière, Rémy Gibrat, Hervé Sentenac, Xavier Dumont, Isabelle Gaillard & Nadine Paris✉ (2018) Uncovering pH at both sides of the root plasma membrane interface using noninvasive imaging. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (in press) Abstract Building a...
Apr 9, 2018 | Aquaporins, Highlights Home, Highlights News
The project, named “HyArchi”, will use maize as a model cereal to investigate how the architecture of the root system, its hydraulic properties and its environmental plasticity contribute to water uptake and to plant resistance to drought.
Feb 17, 2018 | Highlights Home, Highlights News, Honude
Kisko M, Bouain N, Safi A, Medici A, Akkers RC, Secco D, Fouret G, Krouk G, Aarts MGM, Busch W, Rouached H✉ (2018) LPCAT1 controls phosphate homeostasis in a zinc-dependent manner. eLife, 7:e32077 In this study, we uncover the molecular and genetic bases for a highly...
