PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patel, Dipika S.
AU  - Kirti, Bardhan
AU  - Patel Dhiraji, P
AU  - Vipulkumar, Parekh
AU  - Suchismita, Jena
AU  - Narwade Ajay, V.
AU  - Chhatrola, Harshadkumar N
TI  - Does plant root architecture respond to potassium nutrition under water stress? A case from rice seedling root responses
AID  - 10.1101/2020.08.05.237685
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2020.08.05.237685
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/10/13/2020.08.05.237685.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/10/13/2020.08.05.237685.full
AB  - The root is the sensing organ for potassium (K) and water availability. We evaluated whether K availability influences root architecture and contributes to drought tolerance under moisture stress. Rice seedling growth was severely affected by low K availability under water stress, and the substantial reductions in root projected area, maximum width, and width to depth ratio were observed. High K availability helps maintain root top and bottom angles and reduces root steepness under mild water stress, but over K nutrition does not ensure higher seedling growth. Under severe water stress, the steepness was more regulated by water than K availability.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.