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 ...
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In soil, nitrogen (N), an essential macronutrient for plant growth, exhibits significant spatial heterogeneity. This necessitates plants to grapple with a complex array of environmental conditions in ...
Innovative genetic engineering strategies are transforming crops, enabling them to withstand extreme climate conditions and ...
New work by Alex Cantó-Pastor (left) and Professor Siobhan Brady, Department of Plant Biology, shows how tomato plants protect themselves from drought by waterproofing their roots. The findings could ...
You may have seen the term “bare root plants” in nursery catalogs and websites and wondered what it means. Basically, it’s exactly what it sounds like: Plants are shipped without soil or a container.
When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally ...
New research shows fungi diversified nearly a billion years ago, shaping soils and ecosystems long before plants colonized ...
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