Maize is better when it’s hairy
Root hairs help maize take up phosphorus from the soil.
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
Root hairs help maize take up phosphorus from the soil.
If the parasitic plant dodder taps its host with a straw, then it’s a specialised straw than can filter out some nutrients that the plant isn’t using.
No morsel of the victim is wasted when a plant traps its prey.
Calcium (Ca) acts – amongst other things! – as a so-called ‘second messenger’, and participates in many processes of plant growth and development.
Whilst members of the Plant Kingdom might dominate terrestrial biomes, non-Plant Kingdom members are the major photosynthetic organisms in aquatic habitats