Lateral roots in Arabidopsis arise from specialised cells in the pericycle layer of the primary root and represent a finely tuned developmental process that underpins overall plant architecture.

The ability of rice plants to modify their root systems to adapt to the surrounding soil water conditions is a great example of a phenomenon called phenotype plasticity. However, the exact mechanism ...

Plants acquire nitrogen predominantly as nitrate or ammonium, and the dynamic regulation of root growth to optimise nitrogen foraging is central to agricultural productivity and environmental ...

The developmental regulators that confer the identity of N-fixing root nodules belong to a transcription factor family (LSH) more commonly associated with defining the shapes of stems, flowers and ...

A gene that regulates the development of roots in vascular plants is also involved in the organ development of liverworts—land plants so old they don't even have proper roots. The Kobe University ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...