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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Plant roots will anchor into soil with the help of gravitropism, but the direction of their growth can change and move toward a water source when it must. A new study has shown that this directional ...