Using pasta water for growing plants is a smart and sustainable gardening trick. The leftover water you use for boiling pasta ...

While chopsticks are usually synonymous with dining, they can actually help your plants grow. These simple tools can be ...

The importance of SPL transcription factors in plant biology highlights their potential applications in agriculture through changing root growth patterns, which may make crops more resilient to ...

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 ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens. The ...

Our group is studying the development of vascular cambium by using Arabidopsis thaliana root as a model. Vascular cambium produces ... called phellem (cork), they provide thickness to plant organs. We ...

SOC input rates are primarily determined by the root biomass of a plant, but also include litter deposited from plant shoots. Soil C results both directly from growth and death of plant roots ...

This gave the concrete the right level of porosity to wick water and nutrients through it and allow plant roots to spread. Researchers tested the growth of tomatoes, radishes, and romaine lettuce ...

One such quirk which often confuses new houseplant owners is the plant’s ability to grow aerial roots. While this extra growth is a completely normal and healthy part of a monstera’s growth ...

“Like any transplant, a bare-root plant will first work on establishing its roots,” Yiesla said. You may not see much growth or flowering in the first year. “In the second season, you will ...