Publications by authors named "Silvia Bugallo-Alfageme"
Plant Cell Environ
July 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how different Arabidopsis thaliana plants adapt their root systems in response to salt stress, revealing significant variations in their root architecture remodeling strategies.
- Salt stress prompts a four-phase growth response in roots: stop, quiescent, recovery, and homoeostasis, with some plant accessions skipping the quiescent phase altogether.
- Mathematical modeling was used to connect dynamic root traits to overall architecture, finding that main root growth during homoeostasis and lateral root emergence are crucial for determining root structure, alongside a trade-off in resource investment between main and lateral root lengths under salt stress.
