In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

The increasing demand for food coupled to various environmental pressures, is increasing
the importance of sustainable agricultural practices. Based on results published across a …

The emergence of flash drought has attracted widespread attention due to its rapid onset.
However, little is known about the recent evolution of flash droughts in terms of the speed of …

Plants in nature are constantly exposed to organisms that touch them and wound them. A
highly conserved response to these stimuli is a rapid collapse of membrane potential (ie a …

Evaporation, pervaporation, and forward osmosis are processes leading to a mass transfer
of solvent across an interface: gas/liquid for evaporation and solid/liquid (membrane) for …

Plasmodesmata are intercellular pores connecting together most plant cells. These
structures consist of a central constricted form of the endoplasmic reticulum, encircled by …

Determination of how the properties of nanocarriers of agrochemicals affect their uptake and
translocation in plants would enable more efficient agent delivery. Here, we synthesized star …

The earliest evidence for land plants comes from dispersed cryptospores from the
Ordovician, which dominated assemblages for 60 million years. Direct evidence of their …

Using index matching and particle tracking, we measure the three-dimensional velocity field
in an isotropic porous medium composed of randomly packed solid spheres. This high …

Nanotechnology is considered as an emerging effective means to augment plant
photosynthesis. However, there is still a lot of work to be done in this field. Here, we applied …