What's the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? Researchers at the University of Missouri are getting to the root of it—literally. Researchers in the Walter Gassmann lab ...

There’s not going to be one singular solution to solve the problem of climate change. In reality, it’s going to take a multi-pronged approach encapsulating everything from reducing our individual ...

Plants adapt to their nutritional needs by modifying the permeability of their roots through the production or degradation of a cork-like layer called suberin. By studying the regulation of this ...

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development ...

Despite plants and vegetation being key to the Earth's ecosystem, little is known about the origin of their roots. However in new research, scientists describe a transitional root fossils from the ...

When gardeners shop for plants, we naturally look for visually pleasing, healthy foliage and flower color. We check the tag for the plant’s light and moisture requirements and mature size. We also ...