In comparison with unvegetated soils, the presence of plants markedly affects the structure of soil microbial communities. Plant roots affect the physical, as well as chemical environment through the ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 232, No. 1/2, PROCEEDING OF THE MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE ON RHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS (May 2001), pp. 135-145 (11 pages) Here we report on a range of studies designed to understand ...

At first glance, plants may seem passive – but beneath their stillness lies a world of complexity and constant activity.

It is important to know the component of cell i.e Plasma Membrane, Cell Wall, Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Ribosomes, Golgi bodies, Mitochondria, Lysosomes, and Plastids etc. Image courtesy: ...

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Plants are surrounded by and closely associated with microbes. The majority of these are beneficial, but some can cause devastating disease. Plants feed these microbes just enough to allow the good ...

Most life on Earth depends upon plants for energy. Plants capture light from the sun and use it to build up chemical stores of energy. This is called photosynthesis. The basic structure of a plant ...

Malathy Palayam, Aleczander Young, Lior Tal, and Nitzan Shabek at the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology are exploring the mechanism by which the plant hormone strigoractone regulates a massive ...

Plants do not have a heart, blood or a circulation system, but they do need a transport system to move food, water and minerals around. The absorbed water is transported through the roots to the rest ...

Plant researchers and bioinformatics researchers have succeeded for the first time in identifying the functions of the different cell types in the leaf vasculature of plants. The leaf vasculature of ...