Aluminum (Al) is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust, but its availability depends on
soil pH. Despite this abundance, Al is not considered an essential element and so far no …

Plants have incredible developmental plasticity, enabling them to respond to a wide range of
environmental conditions. Among these conditions is the presence of plant growth …

Similar to other complex organisms, plants consist of diverse and specialized cell types. The
gain of unique biological functions of these different cell types is the consequence of the …

Association of plastic particles with plant roots could represent a pathway for human
consumption of plastic and plastic-associated organic contaminants. Here, we investigated …

Plants are capable of altering root growth direction to curtail exposure to a saline
environment (termed halotropism). The root cap that surrounds root tip meristematic stem …

Detailed functional analyses of many fundamentally important plant genes via conventional
loss-of-function approaches are impeded by the severe pleiotropic phenotypes resulting …

Medicago truncatula is a model legume species that has been studied for decades to
understand the symbiotic relationship between legumes and soil bacteria collectively named …

Roots provide the primary mechanism that plants use to absorb water and nutrients from
their environment. These functions are dependent on developmental mechanisms that direct …

Climate change is driving extreme changes to the environment, posing substantial threats to
global food security and bioenergy. Given the direct role of plant roots in mediating plant …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a collective term for diverse processes causing an actively
induced, tightly controlled cellular suicide. PCD has a multitude of functions in the …