Plant Roots

Tom Beeckman studied botany at the Ghent University in Belgium and after performing postdoctoral research at the Molecular Genetics Department at the same university, he became group leader of the Root Development group at the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) in 2001. From 2007 onwards he became professor at Ghent University mainly teaching plant developmental biology. From the onset of his career, he devoted a considerable part of his research to understand how cell division is integrated into plant developmental processes, especially during the branching of roots. Later on, his group focused on the role of the plant hormone auxin in steering the spacing of lateral roots along the main root and more recently the focus of his research is broadened by the study of root development and root branching in non-seed plants with the objective to gain insight into the evolution of roots.Amram Eshel was born and raised in Israel, and received his academic degrees from Tel-Aviv University, where he was a member of the academic staff since 1980 until his retirement in 2012. During those years, he held short visiting appointments at Ohio Agricultural Research Center in Wooster, Ohio, Michigan State University, Penn State, CNRS at Gif-Sur-Yvette, and University of Western Australia. His main research interests are in the area of plant physiological ecology, especially as related to mineral nutrition and water relations. He is the manager of the Sarah Racine Root Research Laboratory at Tel-Aviv University.

• Part I Evolution of Roots1 Fossil Evidence Supports At Least Two Origins of Plant RootsAlexander J. Hetherington2 A Brief Look into the Developmental Genetics of Fern’s RootsAlejandro Aragón-Raygoza, Alfredo Cruz-RamírezPart II Root Structure and Development3 The Root Apical MeristemJoseph G Dubrovsky, Gustavo Rodríguez-Alonso4 The Root CapHannah Vahldick, Risaku Hirai, Eugenia Pitsili, Tereza Vavrdová, Moritz K. Nowack5 The EndodermisTonni Grube Andersen, Colleen Drapek6 The Root PeridermPedro M. Barros, Helena Sapeta, Joana Belo, Ana Rita Leal, M. Margarida Oliveira7 Vascular Development in Arabidopsis thaliana RootsClaudia von der Mark, Akshay Gokulendran Nair, Bert De Rybel8 Lateral Root FormationHugues De Gernier, Ke Xu, Tom Beeckman9 Adventitious Root Development in DicotyledonsPriyanka Mishra, Maria Kidwai, Abdellah Lakehal, Catherine Bellini10 Rice, Model Plant for Post-Embryonic Root Developmental BiologyKunchapu Chennakesavulu, Alexie Techer, Marie Rose Ndella Thiaw, Hien Linh Tran, Véronique Bergougnoux, Shri Ram Yadav, Pascal Gantet11 Genetic Analysis of Maize Root DevelopmentFrank Hochholdinger, Peng Yu, Guenter FeixPart III Regulation of Root Growth12 The Role of Auxin in Root Growth and DevelopmentMartina De Angelis, Adam Binns, Fay Walsh, Sibongile Zimba, Stefan Kepinski13 Molecular Basis of Cytokinin Action During Root DevelopmentFrancesca Cazzaniga, Federico Vinciarelli, Sabrina Sabatini14 Abscisic Acid in Root Growth and DevelopmentJeanne Harris, Berke Tinaz15 Gibberellin Function in Root Growth and DevelopmentPeter Hedden16 Ethylene in root growth & developmentMaleana G. Khoury, R. Emily Martin, Maarten Houben, Gloria K. Muday17 Strigolactones in Root Growth and DevelopmentLaura Ravazzolo, Silvia Quaggiotti18 Peptide Hormones in Root Growth and DevelopmentYu-Chun Hsiao, Masashi Yamada19 Calcium in Root Growth and DevelopmentSabrina Chin, Sarah Johns, Simon GilroyPart IV Soil Resource Acquisition20 Root Water Uptake and Water Flow - Repeated from 4th EdtnG Lobet, C Hachez, F Chaumont, M Javau, Xavier Draye21 Water Adaptive Responses in RootsJason Banda, Poonam Mehra, Nicky Leftley, Craig Sturrock, Anthony Bishopp, Malcolm Bennett22 Root Architecture and Nutrient AcquisitionHannah M. Schneider, Jonathan P. Lynch23 The Adaptation of Root System Architecture to Nitrogen AvailabilityYing Liu, Wei Xuan, Guohua Xu 24 Phosphorus Acquisition from Soil in Mycorrhizal and Non-Mycorrhizal Plant SpeciesHans lambers25 Potassium NutritionSergei Shabala, Christian Zörb26 Investigating pH Complexity in Living Roots with Noninvasive Fluorescence-Based Imaging MethodsHortense Moreau, Isabelle Gaillard, Nadine ParisPart V Root Response to Stress27 High Temperature Effects on Root System ArchitectureMarcel Quint, Rahul Bhosale, Ive De Smet28 Soil Mechanical Resistance and Root Growth and FunctionW. Richard Whalley, A. Glyn Bengough, Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Sacha J. Mooney, Malcolm J. Bennett, Bipin K. PandeyPart VI Root-Rhizosphere Interactions29 Plant Growth Promoting MicroorganismsCaroline De Tender, Sofie Goormachtig, Judith Van Dingenen30 NodulationCindy Likic, Eloise Maher, Angus Rae, Rose Zhang, Ulrike Mathesius31 Root Exudates Mediate Plant-Environment InteractionsSergio Rasmann, Eva Oburger, Ivan HiltpoldPart VII Root Genomics and Research Techniques32 Root Genomics: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing ProfilesFeng Zhou, Heng Lian, Jia-Wei Wang33 Computational Root Biology: Illuminating Patterning and Growth DecisionsMónica L. García Gomez, Kirsten H. ten Tusscher