Université de Fribourg

Strigolactones play an important role in shaping exodermal morphology via a KAI2-dependent pathway

Liu, Guowei ; Stirnemann, Marina ; Gübeli, Christian ; Egloff, Susanne ; Courty, Pierre-Emmanuel ; Aubry, Sylvain ; Vandenbussche, Michiel ; Morel, Patrice ; Reinhardt, Didier ; Martinoia, Enrico ; Borghi, Lorenzo

In: iScience, 2019, vol. 17, p. 144–154

The majority of land plants have two suberized root barriers: the endodermis and the hypodermis (exodermis). Both barriers bear non-suberized passage cells that are thought to regulate water and nutrient exchange between the root and the soil. We learned a lot about endodermal passage cells, whereas our knowledge on hypodermal passage cells (HPCs) is still very scarce. Here we report on...

Université de Fribourg

The auxin influx carrier, OsAUX3, regulates rice root development and responses to aluminium stress

Wang, Mei ; Qiao, JiYue ; Yu, ChenLiang ; Chen, Hao ; Sun, ChenDong ; Huang, LinZhou ; Li, ChuanYou ; Geisler, Markus ; Qian, Qian ; Jiang, De An ; Qi, YanHua

In: Plant, Cell & Environment, 2019, vol. 42, no. 4, p. 1125–1138

In rice, there are five members of the auxin carrier AUXIN1/LIKE AUX1 family; however, the biological functions of the other four members besides OsAUX1 remain unknown. Here, by using CRISPR/Cas9, we constructed two independent OsAUX3 knock‐down lines, osaux3‐1 and osaux3‐2, in wild‐type rice, Hwayoung (WT/HY) and Dongjin (WT/DJ). osaux3‐1 and osaux3‐2 have shorter primary roots...