title: Halotropism: turning down the salty date.
abstract: Plants have a deep-rooted trust in gravity, but it is not unconditional. A new study shows that, if plant roots sense high doses of salt coming up from below, they dump gravity responses and grow away from the salt contamination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), 1190 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Michel Ruiz
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rosquete
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kleine-Vehn
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000254:growth & development*; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000254:growth & development*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045868:Sorghum / Q000254:growth & development*; D018523:Tropism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012965:Sodium Chloride