Latest Lateral root Stories

2014-07-02 15:10:46


2013-10-07 13:10:55

The structure and plasticity of root systems play an important role in determining the growth and yield of crop plants, and understanding how environmental and biological factors affect root structure is of key importance for plant scientists—particularly agricultural scientists.

2011-02-15 19:31:06

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers have developed techniques to manipulate root development functionality that can help plants better adapt to hostile growing environments.

2010-09-03 12:05:00


2010-06-15 00:51:14


2010-05-07 09:24:31

People arenâ€™t the only living things that suffer from stress.

2010-01-27 13:01:53

Max Planck scientists discovered how certain hormones control aspects of root branching in plants.

2008-07-15 11:05:00


2005-10-25 19:20:41

Roots are crucial for the development of strong, healthy crops. But until recently, exactly which genes are involved in the development of roots was still a mystery. Scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected to Ghent University have now analyzed a complete plant genome in order to identify the genes that are essential for the formation of capillary roots. For the first time, they are unraveling the genetic basis for the branching of the root...

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