In addition to its role in water and nutrient uptake, the root system is fundamentally important
because it anchors a plant to its substrate. Although a wide variety of root systems exist …

During a plant's lifecycle, the availability of nutrients in the soil is mostly heterogeneous in
space and time. Plants are able to adapt to nutrient shortage or localized nutrient availability …

In the long evolutionary history, plant has evolved elaborate regulatory network to control
functional gene expression for surviving and thriving, such as transcription factor‐regulated …

The associations between plants and multipurpose plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)
have been proven extremely to be beneficial to plants. This review describes new …

The challenge to produce more food for a rising global population on diminishing
agricultural land is complicated by the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity …

Root branching is critical for plants to secure anchorage and ensure the supply of water,
minerals, and nutrients. To date, research on root branching has focused on lateral root …

Water is the most limiting resource on land for plant growth, and its uptake by plants is
affected by many abiotic stresses, such as salinity, cold, heat, and drought. While much …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a fundamental process of life. During the evolution of
multicellular organisms, the actively controlled demise of cells has been recruited to fulfil a …

The spermatophyte root system is composed of a primary root that develops from an
embryonically formed root meristem, and of different post-embryonic root types: lateral and …

A variety of adverse conditions including drought stress severely affect rice production. Root
system plays a critical role in drought avoidance, which is one of the major mechanisms of …