Roots serve many functions for a plant including anchorage and acquisition of vital nutrients and water necessary for growth. The plant root-soil interface is a dynamic region in which numerous ...

It may sound counterintuitive, but pruning a plant's roots is a beneficial practice that can make your potted plants ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access ...

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

New research explains how the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) enhances root gravitropism by promoting auxin production, allowing plants to grow steeper roots to access deeper water in drought ...

In the plant root, responses to light are known as a negative phototropism, which means the root grows away from the light. Auxins are chemicals that control the growth of plants by promoting cell ...

bacteria that cluster around plants’ roots. In an article published Dec. 24 in the journal Cell Reports, researchers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant’s balance of growth ...

One such quirk which often confuses new houseplant owners is the plant’s ability to grow aerial roots. While this extra growth is a completely normal and healthy part of a monstera’s growth ...