Plant root hairs key to reducing soil erosion Date: April 3, 2020 Source: University of Bristol Summary: The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion, a ...

A new article in Nature Cell Biology has shown how to increase the length of root hairs on plants, potentially improving crop yields, as plants with longer root hairs take up minerals and water ...

Plant root hairs increase the roots surface area enabling it to absorb more water and nutrients. Now, researchers have discovered how the hairs grow straight and long. To develop an elongated ...

Scientists discovered how plant roots feel their way around in darkness to burrow through soil. As the roots of a seedling grow and spread in the ground, they encounter obstacles such as rocks ...

Short for root hair defective, this gene has been studied in Arabidopsis thaliana, the mouse ear cress that has long been a darling of plant geneticists. Along with abnormally short and wavy root ...

Plants living in other phosphorus-poor environments around the world have evolved either cluster roots or dauciform roots, with dense root hairs and acid secretions to harvest phosphorus from poor ...

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Their method was able to replicate the intricate biological structures of a plant's main roots which can be up to 150 μm in ...

Scientists have now devised a much easier method of making the things, by taking casts of plant roots. ... down to approximately 8 micrometers for hairs that branched off of those roots.

The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion, a new study has found. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in Communications ...