Science News: Scientists have discovered the oldest known population of plant root stem cells in a 320 million-year-old fossil, providing a window into how ancient ...

Microbial cell factories may help get to the root of understudied plant molecules. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250116161343.htm ...

Synthetic genetic circuits designed to rewire gene expression in plant roots may be used to change the way they grow. [Jennifer Brophy, PhD] Scientists have developed a toolbox of transcriptional ...

The plant researchers were aided by a computational model constructed by cancer researchers studying cancer cells, which they adapted for use with plant root cells.

Fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota form tree-like structures called arbuscules within plant root cells. The fungi transport water, phosphate, nitrogen and other nutrients to the plant roots, and in ...

An international group of plant biologists has succeeded for the first time in visualizing how egg cells in plants divides unequally (asymmetric cell division) after being fertilized. The ...

Boron, though required only in minimal amounts, is vital for plant development. It strengthens cell walls and supports the growth of roots and shoots. Normally, boron, in the form of boric acid ...

Long asked how mutations in TOPLESS can switch a plant cell's fate from shoot to root, hoping to discover how cells at the "basal" end of plant embryos become roots, while cells at the top or ...

A new study combines cell sorting with DNA methylation and RNA profiling to identify novel epigenomic features in plant roots. DNA methylation patterning and the responsible molecular machinery ...

Structure of HPTS, a dye that tracks pH changes in plant root cells. Carmen Drahl Busch’s team, principally postdoctoral fellow Elke Barbez of Vienna’s Gregor Mendel Institute, used the weed ...