Roots play an essential role in the acquisition of water and minerals from soils. Measuring
crop root architecture and assaying for changes in function can be challenging, but …

LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN (LBD) proteins defined by a conserved
LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES (LOB) domain are key regulators of plant organ …

Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water
uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface …

Crown roots are the main components of root systems in cereals. Elucidating the
mechanisms of crown root formation is instrumental for improving nutrient absorption, stress …

Lateral organ boundaries (LOB) domain (LBD) genes, a gene family encoding plant-specific
transcription factors, play important roles in plant growth and development. At present …

The root architecture of higher plants is amazingly diverse. In this review, we compare the
lateral root developmental programme in cereals and Arabidopsis thaliana. In cereals, cells …

Drought stress is known to significantly limit crop growth and productivity. Lateral organ
boundary domain (LBD) transcription factors—particularly class-I members—play essential …

The BEL1-like family of transcription factors is ubiquitous in plants and plays important roles
in regulating development. They function in tandem with KNOTTED1 types to bind to a …

Adventitious root formation is essential for the vegetative propagation of perennial woody
plants. During the juvenile-to-adult phase change mediated by the microRNA156 (miR156) …

Maize develops a complex root system composed of embryonic and post-embryonic roots.
Spatio-temporal differences in the formation of these root types imply specific functions …