As corn yields climb across the U.S., farmers face a growing challenge: managing the massive amount of crop residue left behind. But within that challenge is an opportunity, according to University of ...

Electrical capacitance techniques offer a non‐invasive means to probe the hidden dynamics of plant root systems. Recent advances have demonstrated that carefully measured electrical properties can ...

You think all corn roots are the same? Then you’ve likely never paid close attention to roots on corn exhibited at county fairs. This summer, check out a county fair with 4-H crops on display, ...

What’s in a plant? Humans admire them, eat them and rely on them for oxygen release, carbon sequestration, animal habitat and more. But a plant is more than meets the eye. Beneath the soil, its root ...

You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious underground pests and other threats, ...

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development ...

International research led by Colorado State University suggests that studying root function in tropical forests could improve predictions of climate change. In a study published Feb. 28 in New ...

New research from The University of Western Australia has examined how fine root lifespan is linked to root strategies of resource acquisition and protection. Emeritus Professor Hans Lambers, from UWA ...

As a botanist and extension agent, I think quite a bit about how plants grow. Understanding the method to their madness helps to explain and diagnose the various concerns of citizens that come our way ...

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