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 ...

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 ...

Siul Ruiz receives funding from The Royal Society. James Le Houx does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...

Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes over three feet down tapping into hidden nutrient stores and potentially ...

A pioneering study reveals how cowpea plants respond to leaf-mining fly attacks by altering their root-associated microbiota. The research shows that leafminer infestation significantly changes the ...

Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees Just as the bacteria that live in our guts can influence our health, the microbes that dwell in and around plant roots play a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aims As a vital polysaccharide related to mechanisms of plant resistance to trace metal in the root cell wall, the role of hemicellulose in ...