Yet, marginal farmers—who typically face poor soils, erratic weather and ... averse farmers are highly sensitive to extreme drought and to the background context that may occasionally make ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves. Scientists have discovered how plants adapt ...

This may help plants adapt to water stress under future drought conditions, though more research is needed to tease out the effects on growth. The study reveals that soil and plant water ...

Kauffman said soil moisture and groundwater levels have recovered about 25% compared with where they were before what he called a "flash drought." Soil moisture lags behind stream levels in ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves. The study highlights how ABA and auxin ...