Malcolm Bennett receives funding from UK Research Council BBSRC and hosts EU MCSA and EMBO fellow Poonam Mehra. Poonam Mehra receives funding from EMBO and Horizon 2020 Plants have colonised the vast ...

Plants come in all shapes and sizes, allowing them to fit into unique niches in the landscape, but they can be quite complex organisms. In order to select the most appropriate plants for a given ...

The plant root system is a complex and dynamic ecosystem that houses a variety of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists, etc. These microorganisms together form the root ...

Maize can grow successfully in very different local conditions. An international study has now demonstrated the important role of the plant root system. The researchers analyzed more than 9,000 ...

Gardeners often are told that after planting or transplanting, they should water frequently until the plant is “established.” But what does that mean, exactly? “It’s all about the roots,” said Sharon ...

Scientists have developed a toolbox of transcriptional regulators for plants and show that they can be used to construct synthetic genetic circuits that predictably modify root growth. Their work is ...