Analysing the Role of KIN10 in Directional Root Growth Regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana, April 2025
Retzer et al. presents results that suggests that the KIN10 subunit of the SnRK1 gene acts as an integrator of carbon status, metabolic reprogramming, and hormonal signalling to direct root growth decisions.
You can read the full bioRxiv preprint here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.25.650732
SnRK1.1 Coordinates Organ-Specific Growth–Defense Programs via Transcriptomic Rewiring in Arabidopsis thaliana, April 2025
In this preprint, Kalachova et al. shows the role of the SnRK1 (Sucrose non-fermenting-1-Related Kinase 1) gene in the regulation of cellular responses affecting phenotypic responses in both roots and shoots.
You can read the full bioRxiv preprint here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.25.650715
Simplex and multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of grain protease inhibitors in model and commercial barley improves hydrolysis of barley and soy storage proteins, March 2025
Simplex and multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of grain protease inhibitors in model and commercial barley improves hydrolysis of barley and soy storage proteins: In this paper, Panting et al. demonstrates the power of simplex and multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 for the generation of mutants used for targeted studies of gene functioning.
You can read the full article in Plant Biotechnology Journal here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2024.127698
Barley’s gluten challenge: A path to hordein-free food and malt, November 2024
Barley grains contain hordeins, which lead to allergic reactions in people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. In this review paper, Hanak et al. give an overview of hordeins and their implications for people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity and outline how breeding with the aid of new genomic techniques can facilitate the development of safe barley lines.
You can read the full article in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.109174
Harnessing root-soil-microbiota interactions for drought-resilient cereals, June 2024
This review by Gholizadeh et al. discusses how interactions between roots, soil and microbiota can improve the soil environment and cereal plant fitness under drought and suggests a roadmap for harnessing the benefits of these interactions for drought-resilient cereals.
You can read the full article in Microbiological Research here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2024.127698
Dynamic Dark Root Chamber – Advancing non-invasive phenotyping of roots kept in darkness using infared imaging, February 2024
In this pre-print paper, Simon Pree et al. presents their improved imaging system that enables continuous monitoring and image acquisition to track the dynamic development of root architecture under controlled growth conditions.
You can read the full bioRxiv preprint here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.16.580252v1
Genome editing to re-domesticate and accelerate use of barley crop wild relatives, December 2023
This review outlines how using genebank collections, digital sequence information and new breeding technologies, re-domesticated barley can be produced with improved characteristics, while retaining the resilience and adaptation of the original material.
You can read the full article in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1331577/full
Deciphering the biological processes in root hairs required for N-self-fertilizing cereals, December 2023
In this review, Simon Pree et al. discuss the latest knowledge on the role of root hairs and root hair exudation in plant-microbiome interactions and outline how this knowledge can be applied to develop cereals better equipped to benefit from N2 fixing bacteria. Further, the review describes non-destructive methods for the study of root hair growth and discusses their limitations.
You can read the full article in Frontiers in Plant Physiology here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphgy.2023.1308534
Editorial: Highlights of the 2nd D(dark grown)-root meeting, Katarzyna Retzer and Verena, June 2023
In this editorial, Katarzyna Retzer and Verena Ibl presents the main points of the articles published within the Frontiers in Plant Science Research Topic “Highlights of the 2nd D(dark grown)-root meeting”
You can read the full article in Frontiers in Plant Science here: doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1227490