Computational Models
3D model of rhizodeposition
A new model simulates rhizodeposition patterns around growing and exuding root systems.
Growth & Development
El nuevo genoma de referencia de este maíz podría ayudar a cultivar líneas genéticamente modificadas más fácilmente
El patito feo del maíz puede guardar la llave para tener mejores granos en el futuro.
Growth & Development
Seminal roots help maize grab nutrients
When humans selected for bigger seeds in maize, they may have also unintentionally improved its root system.
Computational Models
Virtual vineyards allow simulation studies of grapevine management practices
Computational models simulate grapevine management and provide information on how this affects canopy light absorption.
Computational Models
Should you plant your tomato rows oriented north to south or east to west?
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom of row orientation.
Growth & Development
Mutant clover reveals the connections between carbon and nitrogen fixation for legumes
These results suggest that the super-nodulation phenotype per se did not limit growth.
Growth & Development
Groping in the soil for nutrients encourages root growth
In addition to root proliferation, the root response to a nutrient-rich patch was also accompanied by root hair elongation.
Growth & Development
In cold weather, rice pollen suffers in a variety of ways as it struggles to develop
A team of botanists in Japan have overturned decades-old assumptions about how cold stress leads to pollen sterility in rice.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
A microscopic investigation of fibre development in Cannabis sativa
Can electron microscopy techniques provide new insights into the development of primary phloem fibres in hemp?
Growth & Development
Foliar nutrient allocation patterns in Banksia attenuata and B. sessilis
Banksia attenuata and Banksia sessilis are in the same genus, but their life strategies reflect how they react to poor nutrition.
Computational Models
Resolving interactions between plant structure and function
A new study reveals the impact of spatial resolution on accurately representing the interactions between plant canopy structure and function.
Growth & Development
Evaluating salt tolerance mechanisms in two Tunisian barley landraces
Can investigation of landraces provide us with a better understanding of traits that could be used to improve crop salinity tolerance?