What determines the pattern of root growth has until now been a mystery, but a new paper in PLoS Biology shows that the shape of the existing root can determine how further roots branch from it ...

As the winter solstice approaches, I’m thinking about roots and how we dig deep to withstand storms and lift other beings that need us. To honor the coming of the light and long shadows, I’ll gather ...

Trees can grow to a very large size both above and below the ground. The roots of a tree, though not visible, are vital to its functions. They anchor and support the tree, store energy as starch ...

Remember your botany class? If you were paying attention, you would have remembered from the root lecture how important roots are as plant organs, usually underground, for anchoring the plant, and for ...

If your Christmas cactus has aerial roots, read this. A plant expert warns to take it as a sign something in the growing ...

Part I published under title: Thermotropism in roots. "Annals of botany, vol. XXIX, no. CXIV, April, 1915." https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile ...

Professor Kathy Willis, Head of Science at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, presented the epic 25-part investigation (BBC) From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is ...

Learn more about the importance of ethnobotany and ethnoecology at the Learning, Sharing, Adapting lecture by Prof. Nancy Turner at the Royal B.C. Museum tonight. Ethnobotany is the study of culture ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The May long weekend is the unofficial start of summer. And for those of you with home gardens or access to community space, this is the weekend to dust off your gardening ...