Morphological plasticity of root systems is critically important for plant survival because it allows plants to optimize their capacity to take up water and nutrients from the soil environment. Here ...

Along with sugar reallocation, a basic molecular mechanism within plants controls the formation of new lateral roots. An international team of plant biologists has demonstrated that it is based on the ...

New study from the University of Helsinki reveals how plant hormones control the dual fates of xylem-pole pericycle cells, a population of pluripotent stem cells embedded within vascular tissue of ...