Breaking ground: Resolving root growth on soil at the cellular level

Rianne M C Kluck; Martin Rázus; Kaisa Kajala

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2025.06.002

Breaking ground: Resolving root growth on soil at the cellular level

Rianne M C Kluck
, Martin Rázus
, Kaisa Kajala^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Utrecht University

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Nature, Zhu et al. demonstrated how the soil environment affects rice root cellular morphology using single-cell transcriptomics. They show that abscisic acid signaling induces the cell wall modifications in response to soil compaction. These modifications act as barriers to water loss and reinforce the cell walls, preparing the root for growth in compacted soil.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1662-1664
Number of pages	3
Journal	Developmental Cell
Volume	60
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.06.002
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2025

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Keywords

Abscisic Acid/metabolism
Cell Wall/metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Oryza/growth & development
Plant Roots/growth & development
Signal Transduction
Soil/chemistry

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Breaking ground: Resolving root growth on soil at the cellular level

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