Plant physiology: The to-and-fro of hormone signals to respond to drought

Mingyuan Zhu; Philip N Benfey

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.007

Plant physiology: The to-and-fro of hormone signals to respond to drought

Curr Biol. 2023 Feb 6;33(3):R114-R117. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.007.

Authors

Mingyuan Zhu¹, Philip N Benfey²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
² Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Electronic address: philip.benfey@duke.edu.

PMID: 36750024
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.007

Abstract

Xerobranching, a temporary suppression of root branching when water is limiting, is controlled by the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). A recently published study reveals how root branching is dynamically controlled by redistribution in opposite directions of ABA and auxin.

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MeSH terms

Abscisic Acid
Droughts*
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Hormones
Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plant Roots*

Substances

Plant Growth Regulators
Abscisic Acid
Hormones