This collection summarizes recent research progress in the biogenesis of plant diffusion barriers such as the Casparian strip, suberin lamellae or the root exodermis. While primarily focused on ...

Plants require phosphorus to grow and survive. In environments with low levels of available soil phosphorus, plants need to ...

In particular, by experimental and theoretical approaches, they demonstrated that pure diffusion in a growing ... a unique cellular channel in plants directly connecting neighboring cells, by ...

The fungi colonize plant roots and help them absorb nutrients. In return, plants provide the fungi with the carbon they need. "These fungi are what we call biotrophs; they can't get the nutrients ...

Feb. 1, 2021 — A previously unknown root trait allows some cereal plants to grow deeper roots capable of punching through dry, hard, compacted soils, according to researchers, who suggest that ...