@dompsfr.bsky.social is well represented at the #Rooting2026 conference! We just heard a great talk by @lauraragni.bsky.social. You can check out our posters #7 (@hengqi.bsky.social) and #4 (mine) today, and listen to my talk tomorrow.
🌾🌱 RESEARCH 🌱🌾
In rice, combining the deep-root allele DRO1 and shallow-root allele qSOR1 expands root distribution into both topsoil and subsoil layers, enhancing yield in nutrient-poor paddy fields in Madagascar - Takai et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Ghent Rooting-lab/Steffen Vanneste
Ghent Rooting-lab/Steffen Vanneste
Early-bird registration for PADiBa2026 closes in few days (May 15th)! wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/
Out now in @natplants.nature.com: A cell type-specific antagonism of autophagy and age-induced programmed cell death controls root hair life span www.nature.com/articles/s41..., back to back with another story on root hair-specific autophagy by @plantophagy.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Observing the invisible: X-ray CT for plant-microbe interactions
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Pereira and Bell
@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience #PlantMicrobeInteractions
Now online at @natplants.nature.com ‼️ Led by Jierui Zhao, a former PhD student @gmivienna.bsky.social & together w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we uncover how #autophagy shapes salt stress tolerance and lifespan. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short 🧵👇
Sophie Zoe Farkas
Journal of Experimental Botany
7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers | University of Lausanne | 31 August-3 September 2026
This study reveals that enhanced autophagy in root-hair-forming cells helps Arabidopsis store excess sodium, control oxidative stress and tolerate salt stress.
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Cross-kingdom communication between plants and parasitic nematodes
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The 7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers (PADiBa2026) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from August 31th to September 3rd 2026. We now have a website: wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/ Registrations will open on April 1st.
Moritz K. Nowack
Yasin Dagdas
New Phytologist
New Phytologist
Iron availability regulates PIN-mediated auxin transport and distribution to modulate root gravitropic growth in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.20.726447v1
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NUTCRACKER orchestrates cortical cell divisions and sustains stem cell niche integrity in the rice root meristem @jxbotany.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...