Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to ...

2005) endodermis - a single layer of cells enclosing the vascular tissue of the root (Raven et al. 1999) exudates - compounds released into the soil/rhizosphere by plant roots (Walker et al.

On the left, a young Arabidopsis plant is shown ... In the center of the root meristem, a small group of cells called the quiescent center (blue) are surrounded by stem cells (red), whose ...

Specialised plant cells include root hair cells, palisade cells, xylem cells and phloem cells. Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a ...

Princeton graduate Kaeli Ficco (right), and their colleagues uncovered a mechanism by which soil bacteria can modulate plant immunity.

has given scientists some clarity about why plant roots oscillate. Scientists have been using tools from DST to try and show how auxin patterns are affected by rounds of cell divisions.

Soil bacteria help plants grow roots by suppressing immune responses. Scientists reveal the role of enzymes in balancing ...

A new study has uncovered the complex genetic interaction between root-knot nematodes and tomato plants, revealing how these ...

Root-knot nematodes pose a significant threat to agriculture, infecting a wide range of crops and causing billions of dollars ...