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_id: '2887'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Root system growth and development is highly plastic and is influenced by
the surrounding environment. Roots frequently grow in heterogeneous environments
that include interactions from neighboring plants and physical impediments in
the rhizosphere. To investigate how planting density and physical objects affect
root system growth, we grew rice in a transparent gel system in close proximity
with another plant or a physical object. Root systems were imaged and reconstructed
in three dimensions. Root-root interaction strength was calculated using quantitative
metrics that characterize the extent towhich the reconstructed root systems overlap
each other. Surprisingly, we found the overlap of root systems of the same genotype
was significantly higher than that of root systems of different genotypes. Root
systems of the same genotype tended to grow toward each other but those of different
genotypes appeared to avoid each other. Shoot separation experiments excluded
the possibility of aerial interactions, suggesting root communication. Staggered
plantings indicated that interactions likely occur at root tips in close proximity.
Recognition of obstacles also occurred through root tips, but through physical
contact in a size-dependent manner. These results indicate that root systems use
two different forms of communication to recognize objects and alter root architecture:
root-root recognition, possibly mediated through root exudates, and root-object
recognition mediated by physical contact at the root tips. This finding suggests
that root tips act as local sensors that integrate rhizosphere information into
global root architectural changes.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Suqin
full_name: Fang, Suqin
last_name: Fang
- first_name: Randy
full_name: Clark, Randy
last_name: Clark
- first_name: Ying
full_name: Zheng, Ying
last_name: Zheng
- first_name: Anjali
full_name: Iyer Pascuzzi, Anjali
last_name: Iyer Pascuzzi
- first_name: Joshua
full_name: Weitz, Joshua
last_name: Weitz
- first_name: Leon
full_name: Kochian, Leon
last_name: Kochian
- first_name: Herbert
full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert
id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Edelsbrunner
orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833
- first_name: Hong
full_name: Liao, Hong
last_name: Liao
- first_name: Philip
full_name: Benfey, Philip
last_name: Benfey
citation:
ama: Fang S, Clark R, Zheng Y, et al. Genotypic recognition and spatial responses
by rice roots. PNAS. 2013;110(7):2670-2675. doi:10.1073/pnas.1222821110
apa: Fang, S., Clark, R., Zheng, Y., Iyer Pascuzzi, A., Weitz, J., Kochian, L.,
… Benfey, P. (2013). Genotypic recognition and spatial responses by rice roots.
PNAS. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222821110
chicago: Fang, Suqin, Randy Clark, Ying Zheng, Anjali Iyer Pascuzzi, Joshua Weitz,
Leon Kochian, Herbert Edelsbrunner, Hong Liao, and Philip Benfey. “Genotypic Recognition
and Spatial Responses by Rice Roots.” PNAS. National Academy of Sciences,
2013. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222821110.
ieee: S. Fang et al., “Genotypic recognition and spatial responses by rice
roots,” PNAS, vol. 110, no. 7. National Academy of Sciences, pp. 2670–2675,
2013.
ista: Fang S, Clark R, Zheng Y, Iyer Pascuzzi A, Weitz J, Kochian L, Edelsbrunner
H, Liao H, Benfey P. 2013. Genotypic recognition and spatial responses by rice
roots. PNAS. 110(7), 2670–2675.
mla: Fang, Suqin, et al. “Genotypic Recognition and Spatial Responses by Rice Roots.”
PNAS, vol. 110, no. 7, National Academy of Sciences, 2013, pp. 2670–75,
doi:10.1073/pnas.1222821110.
short: S. Fang, R. Clark, Y. Zheng, A. Iyer Pascuzzi, J. Weitz, L. Kochian, H. Edelsbrunner,
H. Liao, P. Benfey, PNAS 110 (2013) 2670–2675.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:00:09Z
date_published: 2013-02-12T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:00:29Z
day: '12'
department:
- _id: HeEd
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1222821110
external_id:
pmid:
- '23362379'
intvolume: ' 110'
issue: '7'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574932/
month: '02'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 2670 - 2675
pmid: 1
publication: PNAS
publication_status: published
publisher: National Academy of Sciences
publist_id: '3872'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Genotypic recognition and spatial responses by rice roots
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 110
year: '2013'
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