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Fig. 9 Interaction of RCF fertilizer granule with maize roots (with permission of Mr. Malanda).

Thus, treatment of maize roots with inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis (e.g. aminoethoxyvinylglycine, aminooxyacetic acid (AOA), and cobalt chloride) or action (e.g. silver ions) effectively blocks aerenchyma formation under hypoxic conditions (Drew et al. 1981; Jackson et al. 1985b; Konings 1982).

To investigate further the mechanisms underlying the promotive effect of actin disruption on root gravitropism, we treated maize roots with varying concentrations of latrunculin B in order to determine the lowest concentration of latrunculin B that has an effect on root bending.

GS2 was a very faint protein in the maize roots, with a maximum value of only 0.19 ± 0.02 % Vol for GSb in (n) plants.

This behaviour is compatible with the presence of a high-affinity transport system for urea in maize roots, with kinetic features similar to those already characterized in other higher plants [ 18, 19].

Four treatments, with three biological replicates per treatment, were collected: maize roots with T. virens (M + Tv); tomato roots with T. virens (T + Tv); maize or tomato roots without fungus (M-C or T-C, respectively); and T. virens without plant roots (Tv).

Plasma membrane vesicles isolated from maize roots treated with HS derived from vermicompost exhibited a clear stimulation of the vanadate-sensitive ATPase activity [16].

Our goal was to test whether an enhanced hydrotropic response of maize roots correlates with a better adaptation to drought and partial/lateral irrigation in field studies.

Field studies conducted in two fields identified as harboring Cry3Bb1-resistant western corn rootworm found that survival of western corn rootworm did not differ between Cry3Bb1 maize and non-Bt maize and that root injury to Cry3Bb1 maize was higher than injury to other types of Bt maize or to maize roots protected with a soil insecticide.

Another interesting future study that may develop from our prospective explorations might be an evaluation of the ability of H. seropedicae to use secondary metabolites as carbon sources that are exclusively or primarily exuded from maize roots treated with this bacterium.

Thus we analyzed HAT expression pattern in maize roots treated with and without 200 mM NaCl using RT-PCR.