Moisture-responsive root-branching pathways identified in diverse maize breeding germplasm
Published in Science, 2025
This study identified moisture-responsive root-branching pathways across diverse maize breeding germplasm, revealing conserved and genotype-specific mechanisms that regulate root system architecture in response to soil water availability.
Recommended citation: Scharwies JD, Clarke T, Zheng Z, Dinneny A, Birkeland S, Veltman MA, Sturrock CJ, Banda J, Torres-Martínez HH, Viana WG, Khare R, Kieber J, Pandey BK, Bennett M, Schnable PS, Dinneny JR. (2025). Moisture-responsive root-branching pathways identified in diverse maize breeding germplasm. Science 387:666–673. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads5999
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