Roots play important roles in determining crop development under drought. Under such
conditions, the molecular mechanisms underlying key responses and interactions with the …

Fresh water is an increasingly scarce resource for agriculture. Plant roots mediate water
uptake from the soil and have developed a number of adaptive traits such as hydrotropism to …

Mechanisms that protect against abiotic stress are essential for plant survival, yet their
activation generally comes at the expense of growth and productivity, which is particularly …

Root architecture remodelling is critical for forage moisture in water‐limited soil. DEEPER
ROOTING 1 (DRO1) in Oryza, Arabidopsis, and Prunus has been reported to improve …

Drought stress leads to a significant amount of agricultural crop loss. Thus, with changing
climatic conditions, it is important to develop resilience measures in agricultural systems …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important food crop with a wide range of uses in both industry and
agriculture. Drought stress during its growth cycle can greatly reduce maize crop yield and …

In this study, we characterize the vertical leaf distribution of chlorophyll (Chl) and nitrogen
(N) content and their associations with leaf photosynthetic responses in Zea mays L. under …

Hydrotropism is an important adaptation of plant roots to the uneven distribution of water,
with current research mainly focused on Arabidopsis thaliana. To examine hydrotropism in …

Maize illustrates one of the most complex cases of embryogenesis in higher plants that
results in the development of early embryo with distinctive organs such as the mesocotyl …

Roots exhibit positive hydrotropism in response to soil moisture gradients in arid conditions.
However, the mechanisms that regulate hydrotropism are yet to be elucidated. Ca 2+ is …