Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, the University of Cologne, and the University of ...

Roots serve many functions for a plant including anchorage and acquisition of vital nutrients and water necessary for growth. The plant root-soil interface is a dynamic region in which numerous ...

This study summarizes the current research status of the impacts of crop domestication and improvement on root ...

Most of our knowledge about how plants function has been focused on leaves or stems, however, we do not know that much about the functional traits of roots. Fine roots (the thin roots at the end ...

Roots absorb water and mineral ions through ... Sample exam questions - plant structures and their functions - Edexcel Understanding how to approach exam questions helps to boost exam performance.

Therefore, the QC must be the source of a signal that prevents differentiation of the root stem cells. Thus plant stem cells depend on the function of other, neighboring, cells to continue ...

Green plants and algae use light energy to make glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water. Temperature, carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity can affect the rate of photosynthesis.