Communication occurs when a sender emits a cue perceived by a receiver that changes the
receiver's behavior. Plants perceive information regarding light, water, other nutrients, touch …

Background Auxin is a versatile plant hormone with important roles in many essential
physiological processes. In recent years, significant progress has been made towards …

Magnesium deficiency is a frequently occurring limiting factor for crop production due to low
levels of exchangeable Mg (ex-Mg) in acidic soil, which negatively affects sustainability of …

Plant roots show a particularly high variation in their morphological response to different
nutrient deficiencies. Although such changes often determine the nutrient efficiency or stress …

The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Production of phytohormones is one of the main mechanisms to explain the beneficial
effects of plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) such as Azospirillum sp. The PGPRs …

An emerging paradigm is that root traits that reduce the metabolic costs of soil exploration
improve the acquisition of limiting soil resources. Here, we test the hypothesis that reduced …

Lateral root formation is a major determinant of root systems architecture. The degree of root
branching impacts the efficiency of water uptake, acquisition of nutrients and anchorage by …

Root system architecture plays an important role in plant adaptation to drought stress. The
root system architecture (RSA) consists of several structural features, which includes number …

The news that a flowering weed—mousear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)—can sense the
particular chewing noise of its most common caterpillar predator and adjust its chemical …