scholarly journals Imaging the Root Hair Morphology of Arabidopsis Seedlings in a Two-layer Microfluidic Platform

Author(s):  
Jayde A. Aufrecht ◽  
Jennifer M. Ryan ◽  
Sahar Hasim ◽  
David P. Allison ◽  
Andreas Nebenführ ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 301 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 151-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Haase ◽  
Liliane Ruess ◽  
Günter Neumann ◽  
Sven Marhan ◽  
Ellen Kandeler


2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Hill ◽  
R. J. Simpson ◽  
M. H. Ryan ◽  
D. F. Chapman

Root hairs and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) increase the absorptive surface area of a root and the volume of soil explored and as such are important for nutrient acquisition in infertile soil. Root hair morphology and colonisation by AMF were compared for 10 temperate pasture species, and responses to N and P deficiency characterised. Vulpia spp., Holcus lanatus, and Lolium rigidum had the longest root hairs (range 1.02–2.36 mm) while Trifolium subterraneum had the shortest (~0.27 mm). In contrast, T. subterraneum had a much higher density of root hairs than any of the other species. In response to P deficiency, the length and density of root hairs generally increased; in response to N deficiency, both increases and decreases in the length and density of root hairs were observed. The annual dicotyledons T. subterraneum and Arctotheca calendula had much higher mycorrhizal colonisation on roots grown at low P availability than the grasses. Root colonisation decreased with increasing P availability in all species. A yield advantage from mycorrhizal colonisation was demonstrated only for T. subterraneum when P was deficient. The potential root cylinder volume of each species was calculated as an index of the ability of the species to explore soil. Although all plant species were colonised by AMF, a positive linear relationship was observed between relative P uptake rate from the soil and the rate at which potential root cylinder volumes were developed by most species. Development of potential root cylinder volume also largely explained the critical external P requirements of most species. No such relationships were observed for N. It was concluded that knowledge of root length and the length of root hairs grown in nutrient-poor conditions may be used to predict the potential of many plant species to acquire P, and also their critical external P requirement for maximum growth. However, the study also highlighted some exceptional species.



2020 ◽  
Vol 206 (6) ◽  
pp. 679-693
Author(s):  
Shuang Xiao ◽  
Liantao Liu ◽  
Yongjiang Zhang ◽  
Hongchun Sun ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
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Author(s):  
K.S. Walters ◽  
R.D. Sjolund ◽  
K.C. Moore

Callose, B-1,3-glucan, a component of cell walls, is associated with phloem sieve plates, plasmodesmata, and other cell wall structures that are formed in response to wounding or infection. Callose reacts with aniline blue to form a fluorescent complex that can be recognized in the light microscope with ultraviolet illumination. We have identified callose in cell wall protuberances that are formed spontaneously in suspension-cultured cells of S. tortuosus and in the tips of root hairs formed in sterile callus cultures of S. tortuosus. Callose deposits in root hairs are restricted to root hair tips which appear to be damaged or deformed, while normal root hair tips lack callose deposits. The callose deposits found in suspension culture cells are restricted to regions where unusual outgrowths or protuberances are formed on the cell surfaces, specifically regions that are the sites of new cell wall formation.Callose formation has been shown to be regulated by intracellular calcium levels.





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