How can you protect corn root health and improve your crop’s overall health and eventual yield? Learn about the threats to ...

But a plant is more than meets the eye. Beneath the soil, its root system can extend inches or even feet, spidering into the earth and fueling soil health. An archival collection of over 1,000 ...

About 40 percent of the water needed by plants come from the top 25 percent of its root system. A plant will wilt if the size and depth of its roots are inadequate compared with its top.

In soil, nitrogen (N), an essential macronutrient for plant ... roots, lateral roots, and root hairs, in response to the form and content of available N, which is termed N-dependent root system ...

Aeroponic systems nourish plants ... system to suit your needs. Some aeroponics systems are designed to be used horizontally, like a traditional planting bed. But towers and other vertical approaches ...

"To help understand plant roots from the biology side, we needed to find out which chemicals are there," said Zare. "Our imaging system sprays out droplets that strike different portions of the ...