Small trees and shrubs with shallow, slow-growing roots are the best choices for foundation plantings. That is why you often ...

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How leaves talk to roots Date: September 25, 2018 Source: Aarhus University Summary: New findings show that a micro RNA from the shoot keeps legume roots susceptible to symbiotic infection by ...

Transpiration, the process of plants releasing water vapor, is crucial for plant cooling but can lead to dehydration in ...

A new technique may make it easier to selectively breed crop plants for better, deeper roots. The non-destructive process involves quickly checking a plant's leaves to see how far down its roots ...

Bare-root plants are grown outdoors in the ground or in containers. Before shipping, they are dug up and most of the soil shaken or rinsed from their roots.

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.