A new study led by the University of Oxford has used a modeling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve ...

As wood growth in deciduous tree stems halts during winter, it has been assumed that wood growth in coarse roots follows the ... of biodiversity effects on plant productivity found that ...

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

Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of ...

Root vegetables are grown underground at the base of a plant, but not all are exactly roots. Some are bulb-like growths that store nutrients for the plant during colder months. Onions, garlic ...

Now, engineers at Princeton have found an answer in an unexpected place: the harmless, or sometimes beneficial, bacteria that cluster around plants’ roots. In an article published Dec. 24 in the ...

However, not all dormant plants are safe from cold damage. Some plants with very shallow roots, such as heuchera, astilbe, gaillardia, and strawberry, can be damaged by heaving or uplift of soils ...

A reader's 10-year-old jade plant may have yellowing leaves due to changes in the soil makeup or a spider mite infestation.

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The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to grow longer than they would otherwise. To stay healthy, plants balance the energy they put into ...

Political cartooning is “sort of a negative art, but sometimes you can do a [positive] cartoon and you never know what’s going to happen and how it’s going to be received,” Luckovich said ...