Hidden underground, roots are basically the most undervalued part of a plant. But there is so much more to the important role ...

Explores the structure and function of green plants, focusing on their three main parts: roots, stems, and leaves. Roots anchor the plant and absorb water and minerals through root hairs. Stems ...

1999) exudates - compounds released into the soil/rhizosphere by plant roots (Walker et al. 2003) hartig net - a net-like structure created by ectomycorrhizae fungal hyphae which envelops the ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research ... uncovered a hidden talent of the Casparian strip—a root structure best known for acting ... New research published ...

and the University of Copenhagen have uncovered a hidden talent of the Casparian strip—a root structure best known for acting like a plant's security guard. It turns out this natural barrier ...

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.

The CD growth system did not completely solve the researchers ... that are associated with these different younger and older parts of the roots,” said Alga Zuccaro, a plant-microbe interactions ...