Seminal roots help maize grab nutrients
When humans selected for bigger seeds in maize, they may have also unintentionally improved its root system.
Tag: roots
Improving roots for crops could improve habitats for wildlife
New research finds that root capturing more nutrients could help wildlife breathe many miles away.
When phosphorus levels are low, mycorrhizae outcompete root hairs in maize
The two adaptations both aid in nutrient uptake, but may work against each other
Has agricultural intensification impacted maize root traits?
How have the roots of maize changed since the introduction of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser in the 1940s?
Thicker roots: to grow or not to grow? Investigating the dynamics of secondary root growth
Secondary growth of the roots of annual dicots has functional significance with regards to soil resource acquisition and transport, interactions with soil organisms and carbon sequestration.
Decoding Soybean Nodulation
A new framework aids in predicting gene regulatory networks associated with soybean nodule formation.
Early Lateral Root Development Is Driven by Thirst
Visually stunning: Flora for juvenile – and adult – fauna
Microplastics could pose a threat to plants
Elevated carbon dioxide: Getting to the root of the problem
How will plants respond to rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere? Botanists at BIFoR, the Birmingham Institute for Forest Research have gone underground to find some of the answers.
Root hairs to halt global warming
Can plants help fight global warming? Nigel Chaffey looks to the roots.
Roots create … rock
Plant records: Can a plant be too trusting?
Adaptation in the root epidermis: the velamen radicum
Zotz and colleagues ask for a re-evaluation of the occurrence, evolution, and function of the velamen radicum in both terrestrial and epiphytic angiosperms