PNAS

Transcriptome diversity among rice root types during asymbiosis and interaction with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi [Plant Biology]

C. Gutȷahr, R. J. H. Sawers, G. Marti, L. Andres–Hernandez, S.–Y. Yang, L. Casieri, H. Angliker, E. J. Oakeley, J.–L. Wolfender, C. Abreu–Goodger, U. Paszkowski.
Root systems consist of different root types (RTs) with distinct developmental and functional characteristics. RTs may be individually reprogrammed in response to their microenvironment to maximize adaptive plasticity. Molecular understanding of such specific remodeling—although crucial for crop improvement—is limited. Here, RT-specific transcriptomes of adult rice crown, large and fine lateral...