ERC Advanced Grant · 2021
Unlocking de novo Rooting Potential
Plants display an unparalleled regenerative capacity that is widely exploited in modern agriculture, where elite genotypes are asexually multiplied through stem cuttings. A critical point for this successful propagation entails the development of new roots. Unfortunately, the regenerative potential of plants is not universal as many economically and ecologically important species display poor de novo rooting. In my lab we demonstrated that the regenerative potential of plants is the result of a synergistic reaction of two independent wound responses: (1) the accumulation of the phytohormone auxin and (2) the transcriptional activation of stem cell-inducing transcription factors. Follow-up…
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