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Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half
Tropisms are essential responses of plants, orienting growth according to a wide range of stimuli. Recently, considerable attention has been paid to root tropisms, not only to improve cultivation systems, such as those developed for plant-based life support systems for future space programs, but als...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10020220 |
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author | Izzo, Luigi Gennaro Aronne, Giovanna |
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description | Tropisms are essential responses of plants, orienting growth according to a wide range of stimuli. Recently, considerable attention has been paid to root tropisms, not only to improve cultivation systems, such as those developed for plant-based life support systems for future space programs, but also to increase the efficiency of root apparatus in water and nutrient uptake in crops on Earth. To date, the Cholodny–Went theory of differential auxin distribution remains the principal tropistic mechanism, but recent findings suggest that it is not generally applicable to all root tropisms, and new molecular pathways are under discussion. Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms and functions underlying root tropisms is needed. Contributions to this special issue aimed to embrace reviews and research articles that deepen molecular, physiological, and anatomical processes orchestrating root tropisms from perception of the stimulus to bending. The new insights will help in elucidating plant–environment interactions, providing potential applications to improve plant growth on Earth and in space where microgravity diminishes or nullifies the gravitropism dominance. |
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spelling | pubmed-79124322021-02-28 Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half Izzo, Luigi Gennaro Aronne, Giovanna Plants (Basel) Editorial Tropisms are essential responses of plants, orienting growth according to a wide range of stimuli. Recently, considerable attention has been paid to root tropisms, not only to improve cultivation systems, such as those developed for plant-based life support systems for future space programs, but also to increase the efficiency of root apparatus in water and nutrient uptake in crops on Earth. To date, the Cholodny–Went theory of differential auxin distribution remains the principal tropistic mechanism, but recent findings suggest that it is not generally applicable to all root tropisms, and new molecular pathways are under discussion. Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms and functions underlying root tropisms is needed. Contributions to this special issue aimed to embrace reviews and research articles that deepen molecular, physiological, and anatomical processes orchestrating root tropisms from perception of the stimulus to bending. The new insights will help in elucidating plant–environment interactions, providing potential applications to improve plant growth on Earth and in space where microgravity diminishes or nullifies the gravitropism dominance. MDPI 2021-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7912432/ /pubmed/33498761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10020220 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Editorial Izzo, Luigi Gennaro Aronne, Giovanna Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half |
title | Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half |
title_full | Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half |
title_fullStr | Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half |
title_full_unstemmed | Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half |
title_short | Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half |
title_sort | root tropisms: new insights leading the growth direction of the hidden half |
topic | Editorial |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10020220 |
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