www.rootresearch.org/working-groups the #ISRR organized a minisymposium to introduce all 7 working groups that address different aspects of #rootsscience #roots #plantscience International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the ISRR Mini Symposium next week — a day of online presentations focused on roots 🌱
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📢 Online event: International Society of Root Research - Mini Symposium — Wed 28 Jan 2026, 10:00–17:00 UK (12:00–18:30 UTC). Talks + discussion for anyone into root research & related topics.
@rootscientists.bsky.social @rootarchitecture.bsky.social #roots #RootResearch #PlantScience #Rhizosphere
This Special Issue reveals that root responses depend on where the root is, when it develops and the evolutionary history behind it. Recognizing this context-dependence moves us beyond simple models and toward more realistic predictions of plant resilience.
🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek
The hidden half in the spotlight: the diverse strategies of root systems under stress by Hannah Schneider & Doris Vetterlein in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjfr
#RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
Warm temperatures trigger a surge in auxin signalling that speeds up both cell division and elongation, allowing young roots to grow longer. This discovery shows that roots can sense and respond to heat on their own, revealing a key below-ground adaptation that many crops may share.
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Hormonal regulation of root growth under moderately elevated temperatures by Tilman Jacob et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/ps8z
#RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
As phosphorus becomes scarce, maize reorganizes its root system in ways that limit water uptake. This P-driven shift reduces root conductance and growth, showing that how roots are structured (not just how big they are) determines a plant’s ability to access water under stress.
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Root system architecture reorganization under decreasing soil phosphorus lowers root system conductance of Zea mays by Felix Maximilian Bauer et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
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👉 doi.org/qjpb
#RootBiology #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
Root “stop signals” that slow growth in hard soil were once an advantage, helping ancestral maize avoid dry topsoil and reach deeper water, but this benefit faded as agriculture introduced tillage and irrigation. The study shows that root plasticity is context-dependent, with traits once adaptive becoming less useful in modern, managed soils.
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Did crop domestication change the fitness landscape of root response to soil mechanical impedance? An in silico analysis by Harini Rangarajan and Jonathan Lynch in @annbot
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👉 doi.org/qjpm
#RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
Drought doesn’t act on plants, soil, or microbes alone. It reshapes the entire plant–soil–microbiome system. Maize with fewer root hairs showed milder drought responses, while wild-type plants increased exudation and triggered stronger microbial shifts, highlighting how root–soil interface traits shape stress propagation and ecosystem responses under water limitation.
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Drought response of the maize plant–soil–microbiome system is influenced by plant size and presence of root hairs by Roman Hartwig et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjpn
#RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
Water uptake in drying soils depends far more on soil texture and soil–root contact than on root hairs. By mapping where roots actually take up water and what limits that flow, this 3D model shows that rhizosphere and soil–root interactions (not just root traits) govern how maize responds to drought across different soil types.
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On the importance of rhizosphere conductance and soil–root contact in drying soils by Axelle Koch et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjtk
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Year-to-year shifts between dry and moist conditions strongly reshape maize root gene expression and rhizosphere microbes, showing that precipitation history (not just plant traits) drives plant–microbe interactions and matters for drought resilience.
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Responses of maize roots, rhizosphere enzyme kinetics and prokaryote diversity to alternating precipitation: insights from a three-year field study by Henrike Würsig et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjtn
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Deep-rooted wheat genotypes consistently accessed more deep water and nitrogen and suffered less water stress, even in dry years—showing that deep rooting is a valuable, selectable trait that can be effectively phenotyped and integrated into breeding programmes.
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Winter wheat phenotyping for deep root growth and function, reduced water stress and increased uptake of deep N and water by Arnesta Odone et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/qjtp
#RootBiology #RootPhysiology #PlantScience
Bean root system, text: "Dig into the latest in root and rhizosphere science: Mini Symposium of the ISRR, January 28th 2026"
Rooting for roots?
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Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Register here for free:
tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx
Programme👇
Rosie Shepherd, a fine art student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) has drawn on the work of Dr Gwendolyn Kirschner of The James Hutton Institute. @gwenkirschner.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk
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48th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 18 December 2025 at 15.00 CET discussing
Roots for future crops: Horizon Europe Projects on Roots with Kati Retzer, Christopher Barnes, Charlotte White and Rafaella Balestrini. bit.ly/4pHuNkl. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
Cytosolic Ca2+ as a universal signal for rapid root growth regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683082v1
Karl Körber supported by his great lab team Lisa Martinez, Chandra Ramanathan, Devin Dalsgaard and Ahmed Salem are busy sampling barley varieties, mutants and introgression lines from his second controlled drought experiment to disclose links btw barley genes, microbiomes and drought resilience🌾🌞
Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas.
Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis.
#plantbiology #masterthesis
The ability of roots to control their growth direction will never stop to amaze me 😀 #gravitropism #roots #barley #rootphenotyping monitoring dynamics of root growth changes on soil (frames every 10 min during 1h, 1DAG primary root, 2nd time gravistimulated in a row)
#roots #rootphenotyping on soil 🔬 DIY setup to track dynamic root growth continously without disturbing root using IRLEDs #plantscience @raspberrypi.com @openflexure.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #simonpree @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social
News & Views by #ambassadorISRRWP6 @bjazminrh.bsky.social
Our #AmbassadorISRRWP6 representing at #PlantBio2025 🌱 Talking about root systems in barley! 😊
A question of death ☠️ and life 🧬
Yesterday we hosted @moritznowack.bsky.social (from Ghent University and @viblifesciences.bsky.social), their research on root caps uncovers the gene regulatory and molecular mechanisms coordinating differentiation with developmentally programmed cell death.
Thanks a lot Jeremie and Thomas for the hosting me at @IPS2
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ROS #roothairs #roots
Membrane trafficking meets root barriers, resilience, and carbon storage 🌱🌍
New discovery: Blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis roots sparks ROS bursts → ectopic suberization. This might unlock ways to increase suberization in roots and C in soils
#PlantScience #RootBiology #Suberin
You have a strong interest in plant genetics and root biology? You have experience with modern genetic, genomic, and bioinformatic method? And you hold a PhD in plant science, molecular biology, or genetics? Then we have a great job offer!
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It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark
Ambassador meeting in Copenhagen @bjazminrh.bsky.social @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @rootscientists.bsky.social WP6 #roots
