The divining root: Moisture-driven responses of roots at the micro- and macro-scale

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2145-2154

  Robbins, Neil E ^a,b   Dinneny, José R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydropatterning; osmosensing; plant water relations; root development; root system architecture; water stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DEHYDRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DEHYDRATION; HUMIDITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84929658405     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru496     Document Type: Review

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