The International Barley Hub is pleased to announce the next seminar in its 2025 series, run by leading barley scientists and industry experts. This seminar will be presented by Nikola Korinkova (PhD Student, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)
This seminar will be hosted online using Webex, the Webex link will be provided upon registration.
Summery
Root architecture contributes to the overall resilience and productivity of cereal crops, yet many regulatory pathways remain poorly understood. Our research centers on the initiation and early development of crown roots in barley, a critical process for establishing a robust root system. The seminar will focus on our recent transcriptomic study, which dissected the early molecular responses to auxin and examined how chromatin accessibility shapes gene expression during crown root initiation. We will explore the possible roles of two stress-related transcription factors, HvNAC013 and CBF12C, in this process. Of particular interest was revealing their participation in a regulatory network that integrates auxin signaling with environmental response pathways.
Through this work, we aim to advance the understanding of root development in barley and provide new insights for the future identification of novel targets for crop improvement. Optimization of root architecture holds the potential to enhance the plant’s ability to adapt to stress conditions, and thus achieve more sustainable barley production in the face of environmental challenges.
