Claim · model-written summary
The authors attribute impaired drought tolerance to constrained root development mediated by auxin metabolism.
- Taxon
- tall fescue
Lolium arundinaceume0 - Treatment
- inhibition of SL synthesise0
- Outcome
- drought tolerancee0
- Qualifier
- constraining root growth and development, mediated through the modulation of auxin metabolisme0
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Verbatim
e0“the inhibition of SL synthesis impairs drought tolerance in tall fescue by constraining root growth and development, mediated through the modulation of auxin metabolism.”
Title
Li Zhong; Chunyan Yang; Yueyu Chen; et al. Agronomy 2024. doi:10.3390/agronomy14040725
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Suppressing strigolactone synthesis impaired tall fescue drought resilience.
- Intervention effect Under drought, TIS108 was associated with downregulated auxin metabolism genes.
- Intervention effect Under drought, TIS108 was associated with downregulated root development genes.
- Association Downregulation correlated with reduced total root length under drought.
- Association Downregulation correlated with reduced root surface area under drought.
- Association Downregulation correlated with fewer root tips under drought.