University of Utah biologists discovered a gene that allows a plant's roots to tell the leaves to stop growing, presumably when water is scarce, soil is too compacted or other conditions are bad.

We sometimes see plant roots growing from stems or branches (rather than from seeds), or small, leafy shoots appearing on tree trunks far from the leafy canopy. The term used for that in biology ...

Plant Stems And Leaves Are Always Proportional To Roots, Scientists Find. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2002 / 02 / 020222073630.htm ...

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant growth in conjunction with WOX5. Understanding this mechanism is relevant for ...

Eat Shoots and Leaves: A Case for the Whole Vegetable. By Carol Ann Sayle. November 5, 2010. Share. Save. ... the roots, and the stems," as I converse with customers in our farm stand.

An international research team reveals that a small RNA sequence, called micro RNA miR2111, travels from leaves to roots in legume plants that can form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with root bacteria.

Although the root system weighs far less than the rest of the tree (the root-to-shoot ratio for trees under normal conditions is usually about 1-to-5 or 1-to-6 by weight, according to the Journal ...

: I have two, 50-year-old olive trees. They both have ugly bulges just above the roots. Is there a way to get rid of these ugly growths or stop them from getting bigger? My third olive is starting ...

Our purpose is to pull together a coalition of Colorado companies, STEM learning and environmental education advocates and local communities to support three connected goals: 1. To launch a grassroots ...