RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Does plant root architecture respond to potassium nutrition under water stress? A case from rice seedling root responses
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2020.08.05.237685
DO 10.1101/2020.08.05.237685
A1 Dipika S. Patel
A1 Bardhan Kirti
A1 P Patel Dhiraji
A1 Parekh Vipulkumar
A1 Jena Suchismita
A1 V. Narwade Ajay
A1 Harshadkumar N Chhatrola
YR 2020
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/10/13/2020.08.05.237685.abstract
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.