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

merging to form an American root system fortified by its diversity. Along the way, viewers are transported from coastal Africa to the Mississippi Delta; from shtetls in the former Russian Empire ...

Essentially all of the water used by land plants is absorbed from the soil by roots. A root system consists of a complex network of individual roots that vary in age along their length.

Researchers have learned how drought causes plants to modify their root systems so they grow deeper into the ground to reach water reserves.

Root knot nematode, as the name implies, attacks the roots of soybean. Affected root systems contain irregular, large growths, called galls. Galls can be distinguished from beneficial nitrogen fixing ...