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Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2867-5508

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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

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