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Phenotyping and modeling of root hydraulic architecture reveal critical determinants of axial water transport

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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
卷 190, 期 2, 页码 1289-1306

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac281

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  1. Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-11-BSV6-018]
  2. European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [ERC-2017-ADG-788553]

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This study investigates the water transport properties of highly branched root systems in adult Arabidopsis plants and reveals the overestimation of axial conductivities. By developing a hydraulic model and conducting simulations and experiments, the study also uncovers the growth and water transport mechanisms of Arabidopsis root systems. This approach is instrumental in understanding the root water transport phenotype of plants with complex alterations in root growth or transport functions.
Water uptake by roots is a key adaptation of plants to aerial life. Water uptake depends on root system architecture (RSA) and tissue hydraulic properties that, together, shape the root hydraulic architecture. This work investigates how the interplay between conductivities along radial (e.g. aquaporins) and axial (e.g. xylem vessels) pathways determines the water transport properties of highly branched RSAs as found in adult Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants. A hydraulic model named HydroRoot was developed, based on multi-scale tree graph representations of RSAs. Root water flow was measured by the pressure chamber technique after successive cuts of a same root system from the tip toward the base. HydroRoot model inversion in corresponding RSAs allowed us to concomitantly determine radial and axial conductivities, providing evidence that the latter is often overestimated by classical evaluation based on the Hagen-Poiseuille law. Organizing principles of Arabidopsis primary and lateral root growth and branching were determined and used to apply the HydroRoot model to an extended set of simulated RSAs. Sensitivity analyses revealed that water transport can be co-limited by radial and axial conductances throughout the whole RSA. The number of roots that can be sectioned (intercepted) at a given distance from the base was defined as an accessible and informative indicator of RSA. The overall set of experimental and theoretical procedures was applied to plants mutated in ESKIMO1 and previously shown to have xylem collapse. This approach will be instrumental to dissect the root water transport phenotype of plants with intricate alterations in root growth or transport functions. A model-assisted experimental dissection of architecture and water transport properties of Arabidopsis root systems reveals limiting roles of xylem transport.

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