Access to water is critical for all forms of life. Plants primarily access water through their
roots. Root traits such as branching are highly sensitive to water availability, enabling plants …

Agriculture faces the dual challenge of sustainably increasing productivity to meet the food
demand of a rapidly growing population and adapting to climate change. Despite significant …

The cotyledons of etiolated seedlings from terrestrial flowering plants must emerge from the
soil surface, while roots must penetrate the soil to ensure plant survival. We show here that …

Subsoil compaction is increasingly a problem. Subsoiling breaks up the soil, removes
compaction, and improves root growth. However, it is unclear whether subsoiling depth …

Vegetation root exudates have the ability to shape soil microbial community structures,
thereby enhancing CH 4 bio-oxidation capacity in landfill cover systems. In this study, the …

The Kingdom of Plantae is considered the main source of human food, and includes several
edible and medicinal plants, whereas mushrooms belong to the Kingdom of fungi. There are …

Main conclusion Mechanosensitive channels are integral membrane proteins that rapidly
translate extrinsic or intrinsic mechanical tensions into biological responses. They can serve …

Penetration capacity is a central root phenotype for enhancing rooting into compacted soils
and improving abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, but the molecular mechanisms are …

Light and brassinosteroids (BR) are indispensable for plant growth and control cell division
in the apical meristem. However, how external light signals cooperate with internal …

Soil compaction is an agricultural challenge with profound influence on the physical,
chemical, and biological properties of the soil. It causes drastic changes by increasing …