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All roads lead to PHO1

Crop production depends to a very large extent on phosphorus fertilization, yet the sustainability of this practice is limited by the predicted exhaustion of phosphorus resources. A new molecular pathway regulating phosphorus accumulation in plants has been identified, with PHO1 found to play a pivotal role in mediating it.

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Fig. 1: Schematic representation of SHORT-ROOT-dependent signalling pathways.

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Sandhu, J., Rouached, H. All roads lead to PHO1. Nat. Plants 8, 986–987 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01242-7

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