Modulation of plant root traits by nitrogen and phosphate: transporters, long-distance signaling proteins and peptides, and potential artificial traps.

ABSTRACT: As sessile organisms, plants rely on their roots for anchorage and uptake of water and nutrients. Plant root is an organ showing extensive morphological and metabolic plasticity in response to diverse environmental stimuli including nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) nutrition/stresses. N and P are two essential macronutrients serving as not only cell structural components but also local and systemic signals triggering root acclimatory responses. Here, we mainly focused on the current advances on root responses to N and P nutrition/stresses regarding transporters as well as long-distance mobile proteins and peptides, which largely represent local and systemic regulators, respectively. Moreover, we exemplified some of the potential pitfalls in experimental design, which has been routinely adop

SUBMITTER: Gu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7973493 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature