Root system architecture (RSA) encompasses the three‐dimensional configuration of a plant’s root network, which plays a critical role in water and nutrient uptake, anchorage and overall plant fitness.

When you admire a towering oak or a vibrant maple in your backyard, you’re only seeing half the picture. Beneath the surface ...

One of the single most important factors of how well a marijuana plant will grow, and how much it can yield, is the health and strength of its root system. Below the surface of your growing medium, ...

Unraveling the mysteries of plant growth, a recent study titled “How plants decide their size: Study maps plant growth ...

All plants go through periods of dormancy. Learn how to tell if your plants are going dormant, dying, or dead.

Malcolm Bennett receives funding from UK Research Council BBSRC and hosts EU MCSA and EMBO fellow Poonam Mehra. Poonam Mehra receives funding from EMBO and Horizon 2020 Plants have colonised the vast ...

Even if you don't know what 3D microfluidic networks are, that doesn't change the fact that they have some very valuable possible uses. Scientists have now devised a much easier method of making the ...

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Our penchant for displaying cut flowers also displays our conflicting attitude toward nature—the urge to at once admire and destroy its beauty. “An average 21st-century human wishes to bring nature ...