biostudies-literatureWang RYthe Innovative Research Team Development Plan of the Ministry of Education of ChinaInnovative Research Team Development Plan of the Ministry of Education of ChinaNatural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province for Distinguished Young ScholarsNational Natural Science Foundation of Chinathe National Natural Science Foundation of China6203https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9181796biostudies-literatureUnknown23(11)Sulfur (S) is an essential mineral nutrient required for plant growth and development. Plants usually face temporal and spatial variation in sulfur availability, including the heterogeneous sulfate content in soils. As sessile organisms, plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to modify their gene expression and physiological processes in order to optimize S acquisition and usage. Such plasticity relies on a complicated network to locally sense S availability and systemically respond to S status, which remains poorly understood. Here, we took advantage of a split-root system and performed transcriptome-wide gene expression analysis on rice plants in S deficiency followed by sulfate resupply. S deficiency altered the expressions of 6749 and 1589 genes in roots and shoots, respectively,International journal of molecular sciencesLocal and Systemic Response to Heterogeneous Sulfate Resupply after Sulfur Deficiency in Rice.PMC9181796IRT_17R56BK2018002331970271Wang RYHuang XYLiu LHZhao FJfalseLocal and Systemic Response to Heterogeneous Sulfate Resupply after Sulfur Deficiency in Rice.Sulfur (S) is an essential mineral nutrient required for plant growth and development. Plants usually face temporal and spatial variation in sulfur availability, including the heterogeneous sulfate content in soils. As sessile organisms, plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to modify their gene expression and physiological processes in order to optimize S acquisition and usage. Such plasticity relies on a complicated network to locally sense S availability and systemically respond to S status, which remains poorly understood. Here, we took advantage of a split-root system and performed transcriptome-wide gene expression analysis on rice plants in S deficiency followed by sulfate resupply. S deficiency altered the expressions of 6749 and 1589 genes in roots and shoots, respectively,2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 May2025-06-01T00:12:44.949Z2025-02-19T03:52:00.065ZS-EPMC91817963568288210.3390/ijms23116203