"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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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Roots" by people in Profiles.
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A shoot at the root? Unique development and evolution of the stigmarian apical meristem. Proc Biol Sci. 2026 Apr 29; 293(2069).
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Multi-season analysis reveals hundreds of drought-responsive genes in sorghum. Plant J. 2026 02; 125(3):e70657.
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Static Magnetic Field Promotes Wheat Nitrogen Assimilation by Repressing Jasmonates Biosynthesis Through TaHY5. Plant Biotechnol J. 2026 Feb; 24(2):424-441.
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Shoring up the base: The development and regulation of cortical sclerenchyma in grass nodal roots. Plant Physiol. 2025 Sep 01; 199(1).
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Holobiont-based genetic analysis reveals new plant and microbial markers for resistance against a root rot pathogen complex in pea. BMC Plant Biol. 2025 Aug 09; 25(1):1053.
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Two deeply conserved non-coding sequences control PLETHORA1/2 expression and coordinate embryo and root development. Plant Commun. 2025 10 13; 6(10):101466.
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Spatial co-transcriptomics reveals discrete stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nat Plants. 2024 04; 10(4):673-688.
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Protocol for analyzing the movement and uptake of isotopically labeled signaling molecule azelaic acid in Arabidopsis. STAR Protoc. 2024 06 21; 5(2):102944.
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Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Nat Microbiol. 2023 12; 8(12):2277-2289.
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Quantification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi root colonization in wheat, tomato, and leek using absolute qPCR. Mycorrhiza. 2023 Nov; 33(5-6):387-397.