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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2867-5508
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Plant Biology
Year Degree Awarded
2024
Month Degree Awarded
February
Subject Categories
Plant Biology
Abstract
Plants depend on their anchorage to the soil to support their own mass and maintain a vertical orientation. Failure to maintain this establishment is called lodging and results in a number of deleterious outcomes, including wounding, reduced photosynthetic output and exposure to hazardous micorenvironments. This work synthesizes findings from the disparate fields of biophysics and plant molecular genetics to uncover a novel strategy by which plants deposit thick secondary cell walls to proactively maintain their root anchorage. In the first chapter, I present a review of plant secondary cell wall regulation, including recent findings relating to environmental modulation of cell wall development. In the second chapter, I describe the development, and the genetic and environmental regulation of secondary cell wall fortified cortex cells in the grass shoot-borne root system.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/36293973
Recommended Citation
McCahill, Ian W., "DEVELOPMENT, REGULATION, AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SECONDARY CELL WALL FORTIFIED TISSUES IN THE GRASS SHOOT-BORNE ROOT SYSTEM" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations. 3070.
https://doi.org/10.7275/36293973
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/3070
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