The plant root-soil interface is a dynamic region in ... 1999) dicot - One of the two main divisions (the other being monocots) of flowering plants (i.e. angiosperms) which have two cotyledons ...

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 ...

In the root, the xylem forms a central column ... But a plant’s leaves are the main organ of photosynthesis. Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and photosynthesis. Large surface area ...

Interestingly, when the researchers looked for 16-OH-CLA in plants, they only detected it in the shoots and not the roots, unlike all the other known strigolactones. What's more, the compound isn ...