A plant's roots do much of their work out of sight, pulling in water and nutrients and holding the plant in place. That makes ...

Researchers have discovered a protein that seals plant roots to regulate the uptake of nutrients and water from the soil, the discovery could help develop climate proof crops that require less water ...

It is easy to study what you can see. Researchers know a lot about how plants work aboveground, but what happens out of sight under the surface may control more than we once thought. It is easy to ...

Researchers identified eleven WOX genes in the medicinal tree Eucommia ulmoides and showed that overexpressing EuWOX11 in ...

International research co-authored by Joshua Fisher, associate professor in Chapman University's Schmid College of Science and Technology, suggests that studying root function in tropical forests ...

When looking at forests, we hardly get to see beyond a bunch of green. However, for a plant ecologist, forests represent a much more complex world consisting of different species. This diversity of ...

Explore the internal structure of plant roots with this interactive and educational worksheet pack! Designed for grades 3–6, this printable resource helps students label and identify key parts of the ...