Plants have colonised the vast majority of the Earth's surface. So what is the key to their success? People often think of plants as simple, senseless life forms. They may live rooted in one place, ...

For a shady garden bed, you may lean towards growing hostas, but this beautiful flowering plant can thrive in he shade and ...

The world’s plants remove roughly 64 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the air every year. Plants store it in leaves, shoots, ...

As part of an investigation to boost agricultural yields and develop crops that are resilient to climate change, Berkeley Lab scientists have introduced RhizoNet, a computational tool that harnesses ...

After centuries of neglect, botanists are using new techniques to understand roots Maddie Bender | Freelance writer Picture a plant—your favorite flower, an herb from an outdoor garden or a stately ...

Plant roots navigate complex soil environments by sensing moisture gradients and redirecting growth towards regions of higher water potential, a phenomenon termed hydrotropism. This adaptive response ...

In soil, nitrogen (N), an essential macronutrient for plant growth, exhibits significant spatial heterogeneity. This necessitates plants to grapple with a complex array of environmental conditions in ...

Plants have evolved unique morphological and developmental adaptations to cope with the abiotic stresses imposed by (hyper)arid environments. Such adaptations include the formation of rhizosheath–root ...

Hostas have one problem, if you can call it that: they're all foliage. To balance all those leaves, you need a delicate ...