Lateral Root Initiation in the Parental Root Meristem of Cucurbits: Old Players in a New Position

While in most higher plants, including the model system Arabidopsis thaliana, the formation of lateral root primordia is induced in the elongation zone of the parental root, in seven plant families, including Cucurbitaceae, an alternative root branching mechanism is established such that lateral roo...

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Main Authors: Alexey S. Kiryushkin, Elena L. Ilina, Vera A. Puchkova, Elizaveta D. Guseva, Katharina Pawlowski, Kirill N. Demchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00365/full