Root pruning from corn rootworm can cause significant yield loss, up to 15% yield loss for every node pruned back to 1.5" of ...

CONSTANT endeavours to improve crop growth have led to the accumulation of a mass of information concerning the aerial parts of plants and the factors influencing their development. Our knowledge of ...

It might sound bizarre, but all the rain many parts of Missouri got this year has primed plants, trees and shrubs for the possibility of drought damage. Roots are the lifeline of a plant, taking up ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In order to affect a better management for sweetpotato and cassava, especially during their establishment period, a series of experiments were ...

The ability of rice plants to modify their root systems to adapt to the surrounding soil water conditions is a great example of a phenomenon called phenotype plasticity. However, the exact mechanism ...

Biologists have discovered a cellular transporter that links two of the most powerful hormones in plant development -- auxin and cytokinin -- and shows how they regulate root initiation and ...