By Petro Kotzé The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Transpiration, the process of plants releasing water vapor, is crucial for plant cooling but can lead to dehydration in ...

Root microbiomes contain microbes that help plants survive times of stress and may potentially improve crop yields in ...

A new tool allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes occurring within the leaves, stems, and roots of a key citrus ...

Overwatering is a very common gardening issue. The most easily recognizable sign of overwatering is wilted, yellow leaves.

Adventitious roots are roots that originate from nonstandard locations on a plant such as the stems or leaves. They can occur as part of a plant’s normal growth and development or they can arise ...

A new study suggests that plants deceive their neighbors using fungi, faking warning signals in order to compete.

At least that's the color they are seeing a lot of in the 3D images of plant roots in this study, which is a good sign. "We use this to quantify or measure how much fungus we have in the roots.