Maize plants and the brace roots that support them

dc.contributor.author	Sparks, Erin E.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-30T18:49:56Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-30T18:49:56Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09-14
dc.description	This article was originally published in New Phytologist. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18489	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Brace roots are a unique but poorly understood set of organs found in some large cereal crops such as maize. These roots develop from aerial stem nodes and can remain aerial or grow into the ground. Despite their name, the function of these roots to brace the plant was only recently shown. In this article, I discuss the current understanding of brace root function and development, as well as the multitude of open questions that remain about these fascinating organs.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Research related to this work is supported by the National Science Foundation awards nos. 2109189 and 2040346, and the Royal Society International Exchanges award to EES.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sparks, E.E. (2022), Maize plants and the brace roots that support them. New Phytol. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18489	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1469-8137
dc.identifier.uri	https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/31427
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	New Phytologist	en_US
dc.subject	adventitious	en_US
dc.subject	biomechanics	en_US
dc.subject	development	en_US
dc.subject	lodging	en_US
dc.subject	nodal	en_US
dc.subject	roots	en_US
dc.title	Maize plants and the brace roots that support them	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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