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Plants differ in silicon accumulation depending on root type and functionality.

Taxon: PlantsViridiplantaee0
Organ / stage: roote0
Outcome: accumulate silicone0
Qualifier: root type and functionalitye0

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“Plants accumulate silicon differently, depending on their root type and functionality”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 506–591

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Increasing plant resistance with silicon applications

Prisa, Domenico Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2023. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8134052

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Association Silicon accumulation is associated with resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.
Association Accumulated silicon increases cellular resistance to mechanical stresses.
Association Accumulated silicon reduces transpiration water loss.
Observation Silicon increases resistance to sunlight.
Observation Silicon reduces metal toxicity and salt stresses.
Observation Genes responsible for silicon accumulation have been identified.
Observation Many plants cannot absorb silicon.

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Tetraploid plants maintained improved root functionality and cytosolic potassium and sodium homeostasis under salt stress.

Taxon: tetraploid plantse0
Organ / stage: roote0
Treatment: salt stresse0
Outcome: root functionalitye0
Direction: superiore0

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“tetraploid plants exhibited superior root functionality under salt stress, maintaining improved cytosolic K + /Na + homeostasis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 811–938

Title

Polyploidization leads to salt stress resilience via ethylene signaling in citrus plants

Xin Song; Miao Zhang; Ting‐Ting Wang; et al. New Phytologist 2025. doi:10.1111/nph.20428

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Suppressing ZmPgb1.1 compromised the events sustaining QC and root meristem functionality under low oxygen.

Treatment: suppressing ZmPgb1.1e0
Gene: ZmPgb1.1e0
Outcome: functionality of the QC and root meristemse0
Direction: compromisede0

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“These events, compromised in QCs suppressing ZmPgb1.1, ensure the functionality of the QC and root meristems under conditions of low oxygen”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 930–1069

Title

Stem cell fate in hypoxic root apical meristems is influenced by phytoglobin expression

Mohammed M Mira; Eman A El-Khateeb; Reda M Gaafar; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2019. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz410

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Authors conclude stress tolerance depends on root integrity and functionality.

Taxon: grapevineVitist0
Organ / stage: roote0
Outcome: tolerance to abiotic stress conditionse0
Qualifier: root integrity/functionalitye0

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“the tolerance to abiotic stress conditions, such as WS and NaCl exposure, depends on root integrity/functionality”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1639–1752

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“Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–107

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Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments

F. Meggio; B. Prinsi; A.S. Negri; et al. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 2014. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12071

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Intervention effect M4 maintained photosynthetic activity better than 101.14 under stress.
Intervention effect M4 had greater capacity to accumulate osmotic compounds.
Intervention effect M4 better counteracted sodium and chloride accumulation.
Observation M4 showed greater tolerance to water and salt stress.
Mechanism The root system appeared central to stress responses.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Root systems of plants exposed to high shoot temperatures but grown in the TGRooZ grew efficiently and kept their functionality to sustain shoot growth and development.

Taxon: plantsViridiplantaee1
Treatment: cultivated in the TGRooZe1
Outcome: grow efficiently and maintain their functionalitye1
Setting: high shoot temperaturese1

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“The root systems of plants exposed to high shoot temperatures but cultivated in the TGRooZ grow efficiently and maintain their functionality to sustain proper shoot growth and development”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 793–980

Title

Temperature changes in the root ecosystem affect plant functionality

Mary Paz González-García; Carlos M. Conesa; Alberto Lozano-Enguita; et al. Plant Communications 2022. doi:10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100514

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Aerenchyma, although it promotes aeration and support in flooded soils, can impair root functionality during droughts, a trade-off in drought tolerance.

Taxon: riceOryza sativae0
Organ / stage: aerenchymae1
Outcome: root functionalitye1
Qualifier: trade-off in drought tolerancee1

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“28 rice varieties”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 207–224

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“aerenchyma promotes aeration and mechanical support of flooded soils, it can impair root functionality during droughts, which is a trade-off in drought tolerance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1185–1346

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Phenotypic and anatomical characterisation of rice genotypes for drought tolerance under rainfed conditions

Dubey Shambhavi; Bhushan Kuruwanshi Vidya; Kumar Ujjwal; et al. Plant Science Today 2026. doi:10.14719/pst.12482

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Observation The 28 rice genotypes varied greatly in cumulative root length, surface area and mean diameter.
Observation The 28 rice genotypes varied greatly in root volume.
Intervention effect Under rainfed conditions, rice genotype DT-122 retained longer root length, surface area and volume.
Intervention effect Under rainfed conditions, DT-122 retained preserved cortical cells and aerenchyma structure.
Intervention effect Genotype DT-127 reduced root length and volume under rainfed conditions.
Intervention effect Genotype DT-127 had impaired cortical cells under rainfed conditions.
Intervention effect Genotype DT-127 generated less aerenchyma under rainfed conditions.
Mechanism The authors suggest DT-122 uses a mixture of anatomical stability and wide soil exploration as its adaptive pattern.
Observation DT-127 seems to be more adaptable to irrigated areas.
Recommendation DT-122 is recommended as a potential candidate for upland rice breeding.

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Acclimation elicits root detoxification mechanisms that enhance vacuolar Zn2+ compartmentalisation and so improve root membrane functionality and leaf stomatal regulation.

Taxon: tobaccoNicotiana tabacumt0
Treatment: acclimation processe6
Outcome: root membrane functionality and stomatal regulation in leavese6
Qualifier: specific detoxification mechanisms in roots that enhanced Zn2+ compartmentalization in vacuolese6

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“acclimated tobacco plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 78–103

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“Thus, the acclimation process elicited specific detoxification mechanisms in roots that enhanced Zn2+ compartmentalization in vacuoles, thereby improving root membrane functionality and stomatal regulation in leaves following elevated Zn2+ stress”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1284–1530

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Zn2+-induced changes at the root level account for the increased tolerance of acclimated tobacco plants

Nadia Bazihizina; Cosimo Taiti; Lucia Marti; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2014. doi:10.1093/jxb/eru251

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Hydraulic lift may maintain lateral-root functionality in dry nutrient-rich superficial soil without directly increasing water uptake.

Taxon: Cerrado woody plantse0
Organ / stage: lateral rootse0
Outcome: functionality of the lateral rootse0
Qualifier: hydraulic lifte0

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“suggesting that hydraulic lift in Cerrado woody plants may help maintain the functionality of the lateral roots in exploring dry and nutrient rich superficial soil layers without directly enhancing the amount of water uptake.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1508–1733

Title

Biophysical and life‐history determinants of hydraulic lift in Neotropical savanna trees

F. G. Scholz; S. J. Bucci; G. Goldstein; et al. Functional Ecology 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01452.x

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Partial least squares discriminant analysis distinguished cassavas by starch functionality.

Taxon: cassavasManihot esculentae0
Outcome: divergence among the cassavase0
Comparator: starch functionalitye0

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“partial least square discriminant analysis, which highlighted the divergence among the cassavas based on starch functionality.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1113–1239

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Assessing variation in physicochemical, structural, and functional properties of root starches from novel Tanzanian cassava (Manihot esculentaCrantz.) landraces

Mariam K. Mtunguja; Maysaya Thitisaksakul; Yasinta C. Muzanila; et al. Starch - Stärke 2015. doi:10.1002/star.201500179

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The functionality of IAA from fungal culture filtrate was confirmed by growing micropropagated apple rootstock plantlets in vitro on MS medium supplemented with the filtrate.

Taxon: apple rootstocke1
Treatment: MS medium supplemented with fungal culture filtratee1
Outcome: functionality of IAA was confirmede1

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“the functionality of IAA was confirmed by growing in vitro micropropagated plantlets of apple rootstock on MS medium supplemented with fungal culture filtrate”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1059–1217

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Auxin‐mediated relationships between apple plants and root inhabiting fungi: impact on root pathogens and potentialities of growth‐promoting populations

L. M. Manici; M. Kelderer; F. Caputo; et al. Plant Pathology 2014. doi:10.1111/ppa.12315

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