Paul Grünhofer, Ines Heimerich, Svenja Pohl, Marlene Oertel, Hongjun Meng, Lin Zi, Kevin Lucignano, Syed Nadeem Hussain Bokhari, Yayu Guo, Ruili Li, Jinxing Lin, Matthias Fladung, Tino Kreszies, Tyll Stöcker, Heiko Schoof, Lukas Schreiber
The precise functions of suberized apoplastic barriers in root water and nutrient transport physiology have not fully been elucidated. While lots of research has been performed with mutants of Arabidopsis, little to no data are available for mutants of agricultural crop or tree species. By employing a combined set of physiological, histochemical, analytical, and transport physiological methods as well as RNA-sequencing, this study investigated the implications of remarkable CRISPR/Cas9-induced suberization defects in young roots of the economically important gray poplar...
February 16, 2024: New Phytologist