AUTHOR=Zobel Richard W. 

TITLE=Arabidopsis: An Adequate Model for Dicot Root Systems?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2016.00058

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2016.00058

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=<p>The <italic>Arabidopsis</italic> root system is frequently considered to have only three classes of root: primary, lateral, and adventitious. Research with other plant species has suggested up to eight different developmental/functional classes of root for a given plant root system. If <italic>Arabidopsis</italic> has only three classes of root, it may not be an adequate model for eudicot plant root systems. Recent research, however, can be interpreted to suggest that pre-flowering <italic>Arabidopsis</italic> does have at least five (5) of these classes of root. This then suggests that <italic>Arabidopsis</italic> root research can be considered an adequate model for dicot plant root systems.</p>