Plants have evolved different strategies for sensing and responding to heterogeneous nitrogen distribution. Modulation of root system architecture, including primary root growth and branching, is ...

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You’ve heard of the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane? Well, the latest issue of Urology Case Reports included a case of a “Snake in a Toilet.” It didn’t have actor Samuel Jackson yelling ...

Despite the occurrence of several diseases of cassava, the cassava black root rot (CBR) represents one of the main limiting ... In 2011, six fungal isolates from cassava plants with symptoms of CBR ...

When it comes to fruit trees, it is best to nurture a plant ... root zone and need porous growing media. Overwatering or moisture-retentive soil can cause the corm (underground storage organ) to rot.

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The same compounds have been known for decades to trigger seed germination of parasitic plants, such as Striga. AM fungi induce a signal transduction process in root cells that overlaps with the ...