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Tag: root hairs

Growth & Development

Groping in the soil for nutrients encourages root growth

In addition to root proliferation, the root response to a nutrient-rich patch was also accompanied by root hair elongation.

by Fi GennuSeptember 29, 2021September 29, 2021
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Growth & Development

Improving roots for crops could improve habitats for wildlife

New research finds that root capturing more nutrients could help wildlife breathe many miles away.

by Alun SaltSeptember 9, 2021September 9, 2021
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Growth & Development

Root hairs more important than root exudate in rhizosheath formation

Exudates did bind soil to the roots, but were unable to compensate for the absence of root hairs.

by Erin ZimmermanMarch 18, 2021March 17, 2021
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Growth & Development

Root hairs offer benefit during drought without decreasing yield in good years

This makes them an ideal target for breeders looking to up resilience without bringing down productivity.

by Erin ZimmermanOctober 14, 2020October 14, 2020
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Plant Cuttings

Root hairs to halt global warming

Can plants help fight global warming? Nigel Chaffey looks to the roots.

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 26, 2018June 26, 2018
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Rhizosheath size of ‘Chinese Spring’ compared with a range of unrelated cultivars
Annals of Botany

Mapping wheat genes for root hair length in aneuploid lines of bread wheat

by botanyoneJuly 10, 2017July 10, 2017
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Chloroplast
Plant Cuttings

Where in the epidermis would you find chloroplasts?

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 13, 2017June 13, 2017
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Root hairs
Plant Cuttings

What are root hairs for?

A question with a long history, but not always a long enough bibliography, as Nigel Chaffey learns.

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 14, 2016October 2, 2017
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Image: From Chandler B. Beach (ed), The New Student’s Reference Work, for teachers, students and families, F. E. Compton and Company, Chigaco, 1941.
Plant Cuttings

Hair today; iHair tomorrow…

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 7, 2013February 27, 2013
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  1. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  2. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 15, 2023

    Catherine? I know there are many variants of the basic skeleton with related names but surely the most well-known is…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on Plants named for the great, the good, and the bad..?January 5, 2023

    ICYMI, Dr Sandra Knapp has been awarded an OBE in the UK's New Year's Honours list, for the important contributions…

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