(PhysOrg.com) -- The genes that control the hairy 'mining machine' that makes some plants better at finding nutrients in poor soils than others have been discovered by scientists from Oxford University and the John Innes ...
Biotechnology
Feb 18, 2010
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from the James Hutton Institute and the University of Abertay Dundee have developed a see-through soil which will enable them to study roots in detail for the first time.
Materials Science
Oct 1, 2012
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It has been known for some time that plant roots can communicate with plant shoots. Now, a new paper from Oxford researchers (working in collaboration with researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing) tells ...
Biotechnology
Feb 17, 2016
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You probably don't think about plant roots all that much—they're hidden underground after all. Yet they're continually changing the shape of the world. This process happens in your garden, where plants use invisible mechanisms ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2024
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A tiny region at the root tip has been found to be responsible for orchestrating the growth and development of the complex network of vascular tissues that transport sugars through plant roots.
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2021
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Plants cannot survive without phosphorus. It forms the backbone of many crucial molecules (such as DNA) and is a key player in energy transfer reactions. Low availability of phosphorus is a major environmental stress for ...
Biotechnology
May 15, 2012
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Research at Iowa State University has led to discovery of a genetic method that can increase biomass in algae by 50 to 80 percent.
Biotechnology
Nov 21, 2011
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Sometimes, to see the roots, you have to look up.
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2022
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Despite the importance of changes in root architecture to exploit local nutrient patches, mechanisms integrating external nutrient signals into the root developmental program remain poorly understood. "Here, we show for the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2020
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To enter into symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, host plants reprogram their root cells. An LMU team has now identified a calcium-binding protein complex that can be persuaded to spontaneously induce the formation of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 17, 2014
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