Branching out in new directions: The control of root architecture by lateral root formation

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 595-614

  Nibau, C ^a   Gibbs, D J ^a   Coates, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Biotic stress; Lateral root development; Nutrients; Plant hormones; Root system architecture; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SIGNALING;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 48249125805     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02472.x     Document Type: Review

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