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{"title":"Comparison of the effects of flooding vs. low-oxygen gas on pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. 'Alaska') primary roots","authors":"T. Niki, Mitsuo Takahashi, D. Gladish","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.31","url":null,"abstract":"Flooding reduces soil oxygen necessary for root growth. In some mesophytes low levels of oxygen are mitigated by the formation of aerenchyma or expansion of intercellular spaces. But root immersion in water may have effects on roots in addition to reducing oxygen levels. At temperatures >15°C Pisum sativum primary roots develop cavities in the centers of their vascular cylinders in response to saturated or flooded conditions. In the present study we compared the response of flooded pea roots to their response to hypoxia without flooding by using an innovative system that allows separation of the gas environment of a root system from that of its shoot system. Seedlings were flooded after 4 d growth and compared to seedlings in unflooded medium and to seedlings in the gas-manipulation experiment. At 25°C in slightly moist vermiculite, roots 4 d after planting were exposed to a gas mixture with 10.5% oxygen and shoots to 20.5% oxygen and compared to normoxic controls. Oxygen levels in all containers were monitored, root growth was measured, and frequency and size of vascular cavities were determined for all treatments. Under flooding and low-oxygen gas, root growth was suppressed and vascular cavity frequency was strongly enhanced compared to controls. Significant differences in root growth responses were not seen between these differing hypoxic conditions, but low-oxygen gas caused larger cavities than flooding, which suggests flooding with water may have subtle effects different than simple hypoxia.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69622189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Abscisic acid-inducible 25 kDa xylem sap protein abundant in winter poplar","authors":"J. Furukawa, Yuta Abe, H. Mizuno, Kaoru Matsuki, Keiko Sagawa, H. Mori, H. Iwai, S. Satoh","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.63","url":null,"abstract":"To investigate the environmental regulation of root function, xylem sap was annually collected from Populus nigra and the proteins in the sap were analyzed. A 25 kDa xylem sap protein (XSP25) was found to be most abundant in the xylem sap in winter and mass spectrometry analyses showed its high similarity to abscisic acid (ABA)-inducible basic secretory protein reported in tobacco BY-2 cells. By utilizing the information of whole genome sequence of Populus, PmXSP25 was cloned from Populus maximowiczii, naturally growing poplar in Japan. The expression of PmXSP25 was abundant in root at December and February and strongly enhanced by ABA application to the autumn root. We suggest that dormancy- inducing short day length and low temperature promote the synthesis of XSP25 in root, possibly via ABA, as an adaptation to the winter environment.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.63","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69622471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Seasonal fluctuation of organic and inorganic components in xylem sap of Populus nigra","authors":"J. Furukawa, Yuta Abe, H. Mizuno, Kaoru Matsuki, Keiko Sagawa, M. Kojima, H. Sakakibara, H. Iwai, S. Satoh","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.56","url":null,"abstract":"Deciduous trees show annual periodicity in shoot growth and development, but such periodicity is not well investigated in roots. To clarify the seasonal fluctuation in root functions, xylem sap from Populus nigra branches was analyzed for 2 years. Various xylem sap components including calcium, potassium, glucose, and proteins showed seasonal fluctuations with peaks from winter to spring. Abscisic acid (ABA) was the most abundant hormone in the xylem sap throughout all seasons and showed two peaks from late autumn to spring. We hypothesize that low temperature in winter promotes metal loading into the xylem sap and the synthesis of proteins and sugars in roots as an adaptation to the winter environment and to prepare for spring bud burst. acetic acid; IA-Ala, indole-3-acetyl- L-alanine; IA-Ile, indole-3-acetyl-L-isoleucine; IA-Leu, indole-3-acetyl- L-leucine; IA-Asp, indole-3-acetyl-L-aspartic acid; IA-Trp, indole-3-acetyl-L-tryptophan; IA-Phe, indole- 3-acetyl-L-phenylalanine; GA, gibberellic acid; ABA, abscisic acid","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.5.56","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69621856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of shoot-applied gibberellin/gibberellin-biosynthesis inhibitors on root growth and expression of gibberellin biosynthesis genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.","authors":"Haniyeh Bidadi, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, M. Asahina, S. Satoh","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.4","url":null,"abstract":"To elucidate the involvement of gibberellin (GA) in the growth regulation of Arabidopsis roots, effects of shoot-applied GA and GA-biosynthesis inhibitors on the root were examined. Applying GA to the shoot of Arabidopsis slightly enhanced the primary root elongation. Treating shoots with uniconazole, a GA biosynthesis inhibitor, also resulted in enhancement of primary root elongation, while shoots treated with uniconazole were stunted and bolting was delayed. Analysis of the expression of GA3ox and GA20ox confirmed the up-regulation of these genes in roots following the inhibitor application to shoots. The results suggest that the inhibition of GA-biosynthesis enhances the production of bioactive GAs in roots and promotes root elongation.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69621762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plant roots: autopoietic and cognitive constructions.","authors":"P. Barlow","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.40","url":null,"abstract":"Many facets reflecting the autopoietic process of Life and Living can be found in plant roots at many levels relevant to their organisation, from cells to ecosystems. At each level, there are sub-processes dedicated to both the auto- reproduction and the self-maintenance of that level, these processes being contained within a boundary appropriate for that level. Auto- reproduction and self-maintenance unite with a third sub-process, cognition, and provide the basis of a coherent multi-levelled programme of root-research.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.40","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69621824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Back in the forest","authors":"I. Karahara","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"Before starting to write this letter, I reviewed my message of a year ago and found that I described the global financial crisis and global climate crisis. Up to this time, I have not personally found any sign of recovery from the economic downturn nearby. My students are still having quite a lot of difficulty securing jobs. However, the newspapers mention some signs of recovery from the global financial crisis. Perhaps there is another crisis that should be addressed––one that shows no recovery? Recovery would seem to be almost impossible unless excess carbon dioxide were to vanish somehow from the atmosphere. I often wonder whether any good sign was forthcoming during 2009 for healing of the Earth from its climate crisis. I did hear some interesting news about the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009. One laureate of that prize, Dr. Elinor Ostrom, received it for her study of the management of common natural resources such as forests. Mr. Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org, says, “Her research reveals that in many, but not all, cases, allowing users to develop their own rules to regulate the use of common property results in the most efficient solution for managing those resources”. This is intriguing to me. In my letter last year, I referred to the “Green New Deal”––an approach based on a standard market mechanism as an environmentally focused investment approach aimed at a sustainable and low-carbon world. On the other hand, the newly introduced management idea for natural resources might indicate a new solution for the climate crisis. That news appeared to be a good sign. However, 2009 eventually yielded only the “great disappointment” of the Copenhagen Climate Summit Meeting (COP15). The real world does not appear to be so easily manageable. As for root studies, is there any movement? Yes. An important meeting for root researchers was convened in 2009: The Symposium on Root Research and Applications (Root RAP) held in Vienna (http://rootrap.boku.ac.at/). As a participant in this meeting, I found that many researchers who deal with tree roots were participating. This is also the case for recent meetings of Japanese Society for Root Research (JSRR). Root studies are becoming more active back in the forest. There we will find some clues to the solutions to our looming climate crisis. Regarding this Journal, we have entered the new term of 2010–2011. I have again been appointed to the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Plant Root for the new term by JSRR, with three new managing editors joining the Editorial Board. I want to express my gratitude to all authors for their contributions, all who have submitted manuscripts to this journal, and to our managing editors, subject editors, and reviewers. I would like to inscribe the Managing and Subject Editors’ names of the 2008–2009 term here on their behalf.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69621892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prof. Yoav Waisel passed away on February 24 2010, 79 years old","authors":"A. Eshel","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.17","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69621997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carbon inputs by irrigated corn roots to a Vertisol","authors":"N. Hulugalle, T. Weaver, L. Finlay","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.18","url":null,"abstract":"Row crops commonly grown under irrigation in the Vertisols of north-western New South Wales, Australia, include summer crops such as corn (Zea mays L.) and cotton (Gossy- pium hirsutum L.). Soil organic carbon (SOC) and residue (SOR) dynamics in these farming systems have been analysed primarily in terms of inputs of above-ground material and root mass towards the end of a growing season. Addition of root material to SOC and SOR stocks either in the form of roots dying and decaying during and after the crop's growing season may, however, be significant. Carbon inputs by roots of irrigated corn to an irrigated Vertisol were evaluated in an experiment near Narrabri, Australia, where corn grown as a monoculture was compared with corn sown in rotation with cotton. Root growth in the surface 0.10 m was measured with the core-break method, and that in the 0.10 to 1.0 m depth with a minirhizotron and I-CAP image capture system. These measurements were used to derive root length per unit area (LA), root C added to soil through intra-seasonal root death (Clost), C in roots remaining at end of season (Croot) and root C potentially available for addition to soil (Ctotal). Ctotal averaged 5.0 Mg ha -1 with cotton-corn and 9.3 Mg ha -1 with corn monocul- ture, with average Clost accounting for 11%. Intra-seasonal root death from corn made only a small contribution to soil carbon stocks. LA of corn was higher with corn monoculture than with cotton-corn.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.18","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69622047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genetic variation in the gravitropic response of maize roots to low temperatures","authors":"A. Hund","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.22","url":null,"abstract":"The distribution of roots in soil determines their acquisition of spatially varying resources. It may be altered by changing the response of roots to gravity. The aim of the study was to assess gravitropic set-point angles (GSAs) of maize (Zea mays L.) roots, their response to temperature and the feasibility to measure them in growth pouches. The GSAs of the primary, seminal and crown roots of a set of nine temperate inbred lines were measured. The lines were grown under controlled conditions in growth columns either at 15/13°C or 24/20°C (day/night) until the two-leaf stage (V2). The GSA was measured as the deviation of the initial 3 cm of root axis from the vertical zero. Low temperature resulted in a decrease in the GSAs of the crown roots by 10°, i.e. the roots oriented more vertically. The effect of the GSAs on the distribution of the roots was verified in wider columns using two extreme inbred lines. The proportion of roots in the upper 5 cm of the columns was 78% for the line S335 with the strongest tendency to horizontal root growth and only 39% for CM105 with almost vertical orientation of the roots. The differences in GSAs between these two genotypes were even more pronounced in growth pouches, thus proving the feasibility of this system for rapid screening. The results indicate that there is a huge genetic variability available to alter the growth direction of the seedling roots of maize. However, there was little effect of the temperature.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.22","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69622108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A simple method for dehydrogenase activity visualization of intact plant roots grown in soilless culture using tetrazolium violet","authors":"E. Kurzbaum, F. Kirzhner, R. Armon","doi":"10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.12","url":null,"abstract":"A simple method for the evaluation of respiration activity of root cells of intact plants grown hydroponically and/or in agar medium was developed. The novelty of the present method is based on visual detection of dehydrogenase activity of plant roots by use of tetrazolium violet dye without destructive steps, allowing follow up of living and photosynthetically active growing plants and the impact of inhibitors such as sodium azide and cycloheximide. The results of this approach demonstrated that root tip cells comprise the highest dehydrogenase activity compared to other root parts. The non-expensive assay is easy to perform and allows to experi- ment a large variety of chemical compounds with potential inhibitory characteristics for plants.","PeriodicalId":20205,"journal":{"name":"Plant Root","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.12","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69621937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}