Planteome: Term Details for "prop root" (PO:0000044)

Accession: PO:0000044
Name: prop root
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: raíz de sostén (Spanish, exact), 支柱根、支持根、支柱気根 (Japanese, exact), brace root (related), breathing root (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A shoot-borne nodal root (PO:0003005) formed at a stem node (PO:0020141) above the ground and growing directly into the soil. Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, TAIR_curator:Katica_Ilic
Comment: This term is perhaps best defined functionally to prop the plant up, but sometimes prop roots may also act as breathing roots. Compare to pneumatophore (PO:0025357), which is a lateral root that grows upwards from below the soil or water surface.
Subset: Maize; reference; TraitNet
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subject	relation	object
prop root	is_a	shoot-borne nodal root (PO:0003005)

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