"Plant Roots" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The usually underground portions of a plant that serve as support, store food, and through which water and mineral nutrients enter the plant. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 1982; Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Roots- Plant Roots
- Plant Root
- Root, Plant
- Roots, Plant
Plant Bulbs- Plant Bulbs
- Bulb, Plant
- Bulbs, Plant
- Plant Bulb
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Roots" by people in Profiles.
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Kim HS, Park SY, Lee S, Adams EL, Czymmek K, Kang S. Loss of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A affects multiple traits important for root pathogenesis by Fusarium oxysporum. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011 Jun; 24(6):719-32.
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Rudrappa T, Choi YS, Levia DF, Legates DR, Lee KH, Bais HP. Phragmites australis root secreted phytotoxin undergoes photo-degradation to execute severe phytotoxicity. Plant Signal Behav. 2009 Jun; 4(6):506-13.
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Rudrappa T, Czymmek KJ, Paré PW, Bais HP. Root-secreted malic acid recruits beneficial soil bacteria. Plant Physiol. 2008 Nov; 148(3):1547-56.
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Klemens JA. Kin recognition in plants? Biol Lett. 2008 Feb 23; 4(1):67-8; discussion 69-70.
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Czymmek KJ, Fogg M, Powell DH, Sweigard J, Park SY, Kang S. In vivo time-lapse documentation using confocal and multi-photon microscopy reveals the mechanisms of invasion into the Arabidopsis root vascular system by Fusarium oxysporum. Fungal Genet Biol. 2007 Oct; 44(10):1011-23.