New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

Nankai University researchers have found that plant leaves can directly absorb microplastics (MPs) from the atmosphere, ...

Turns out that even with all the research done over the years, plant seed formation still holds many secrets. Japan’s Nagoya ...

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

The ice storm and long periods of freezing temperatures in January made this a hard winter for some of the tropical plants in ...

Some plants also improve water uptake by establishing ... accumulate to a greater concentration in root xylem than other root tissues. The resultant chemical potential gradient drives water ...

2005) endodermis - a single layer of cells enclosing the vascular tissue of the root (Raven et al. 1999) exudates - compounds released into the soil/rhizosphere by plant roots (Walker et al.

Plant infection may occur through root, mesocotyl, or crown tissues early in the season. Infection of stalks directly from air-borne spores has been suggested. For purposes of disease management, it ...

Researchers did lab experiments and tested real plants, like corn, to see how the plastics entered the leaves. They found that the tiny plastic particles float in the air, land on the leaves, and ...

Red blood cells: carry oxygen to body tissues that need it. In plants, dermal tissue covers the leaves, fruits, flowers, roots and stems of plants. Dermal tissue stops the plant from losing too ...

“We show as well that the plant root microbiome is not very different from the human microbiome.” To understand root-microbe interactions in detail, the researchers grew Arabidopsis thaliana and ...