Targeting root architecture to improve plant production in sub-optimal soil

该项目旨在确定连接主要植物激素控制根结构的信号通路中的重要缺失环节，重点是帮助植物科普次优生长条件的信号系统。植物激素的新发现将应用于作物，以更深入地了解次优条件下的根系生长反应，并最大限度地提高植物效率。预期成果包括更好地了解根系中的信号通路，更好地了解作物如何应对不利条件，植物产业的新知识和潜在遗传资源，以及如何提高作物产量的新想法。

This project aims to identify important missing links in the signalling pathways that connect major plant hormones in their control of root architecture, with a focus on the signalling system that helps plants cope with sub-optimal growing conditions. New discoveries in plant hormones will be applied to crops to provide a deeper understanding of root growth responses under sub-optimal conditions, and to maximise plant efficiency. Expected outcomes include a better understanding of signal pathways in roots, improved knowledge about how crops respond to adverse conditions, new knowledge and potential genetic resources for plant industry, and novel ideas about how to improve crop productivity.