@article{madison_gillan_peace_gabrieli_broeck_jones_sozzani_2023, title={Phosphate starvation: response mechanisms and solutions}, volume={8}, ISSN={["1460-2431"]}, DOI={10.1093/jxb/erad326}, abstractNote={Phosphorus is essential to plant growth and agricultural crop yields, yet the challenges associated with phosphorus fertilization in agriculture, such as aquatic runoff pollution and poor phosphorus bioavailability, are increasingly difficult to manage. Comprehensively understanding the dynamics of phosphorus uptake and signaling mechanisms will inform the development of strategies to address these issues. This review describes regulatory mechanisms used by specific tissues in the root apical meristem to sense and uptake phosphate from the rhizosphere. The major regulatory mechanisms and related hormone crosstalk underpinning phosphate starvation responses, cellular phosphate homeostasis, and plant adaptations to phosphate starvation are also discussed in this review. In addition, this review overviews the major mechanism of plant systemic phosphate starvation responses. Finally, this review discusses recent promising genetic engineering strategies for improving crop phosphorus use and computational approaches that may help further design strategies for improved plant phosphate acquisition. The mechanisms and approaches presented in this review include a wide variety of species not only including Arabidopsis thaliana but also including crop species such as Oryza sativa (rice), Glycine max (soybean), and Triticum aestivum (wheat) to address both general and species-specific mechanisms and strategies. The aspects of phosphorus deficiency responses and recently employed strategies of improving phosphate acquisition that are detailed in this review may provide insights on the mechanisms or phenotypes that may be targeted in efforts to improve crop phosphorus content and plant growth in low phosphorus soils.}, journal={JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY}, author={Madison, Imani and Gillan, Lydia and Peace, Jasmine and Gabrieli, Flavio and Broeck, Lisa and Jones, Jacob L. and Sozzani, Rosangela}, year={2023}, month={Aug} } @inbook{buckner_madison_melvin_long_sozzani_williams_2020, title={BioVision Tracker: A semi-automated image analysis software for spatiotemporal gene expression tracking in Arabidopsis thaliana}, volume={160}, ISBN={9780128215333}, ISSN={0091-679X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.017}, DOI={10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.017}, abstractNote={Fluorescence microscopy can produce large quantities of data that reveal the spatiotemporal behavior of gene expression at the cellular level in plants. Automated or semi-automated image analysis methods are required to extract data from these images. These data are helpful in revealing spatial and/or temporal-dependent processes that influence development in the meristematic region of plant roots. Tracking spatiotemporal gene expression in the meristem requires the processing of multiple microscopy imaging channels (one channel used to image root geometry which serves as a reference for relating locations within the root, and one or more channels used to image fluorescent gene expression signals). Many automated image analysis methods rely on the staining of cell walls with fluorescent dyes to capture cellular geometry and overall root geometry. However, in long time-course imaging experiments, dyes may fade which hinders spatial assessment in image analysis. Here, we describe a procedure for analyzing 3D microscopy images to track spatiotemporal gene expression signals using the MATLAB-based BioVision Tracker software. This software requires either a fluorescence image or a brightfield image to analyze root geometry and a fluorescence image to capture and track temporal changes in gene expression.}, booktitle={Methods in Cell Biology}, publisher={Elsevier}, author={Buckner, Eli and Madison, Imani and Melvin, Charles and Long, Terri and Sozzani, Rosangela and Williams, Cranos}, year={2020}, pages={419–436} } @inbook{madison_melvin_buckner_williams_sozzani_long_2020, title={MAGIC: Live imaging of cellular division in plant seedlings using lightsheet microscopy}, volume={160}, ISBN={9780128215333}, ISSN={0091-679X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.004}, DOI={10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.004}, abstractNote={Imaging technologies have been used to understand plant genetic and developmental processes, from the dynamics of gene expression to tissue and organ morphogenesis. Although the field has advanced incredibly in recent years, gaps remain in identifying fine and dynamic spatiotemporal intervals of target processes, such as changes to gene expression in response to abiotic stresses. Lightsheet microscopy is a valuable tool for such studies due to its ability to perform long-term imaging at fine intervals of time and at low photo-toxicity of live vertically oriented seedlings. In this chapter, we describe a detailed method for preparing and imaging Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings for lightsheet microscopy via a Multi-Sample Imaging Growth Chamber (MAGIC), which allows simultaneous imaging of at least four samples. This method opens new avenues for acquiring imaging data at a high temporal resolution, which can be eventually probed to identify key regulatory time points and any spatial dependencies of target developmental processes.}, booktitle={Methods in Cell Biology}, publisher={Elsevier}, author={Madison, Imani and Melvin, Charles and Buckner, Eli and Williams, Cranos and Sozzani, Rosangela and Long, Terri}, year={2020}, pages={405–418} }