The root cap is most likely the site of hydrosensing; while the exact mechanism of hydrotropism is not known, recent work with the plant model Arabidopsis has shed some light on the mechanism at ...

Plants affected by RKN may become chlorotic and/or stunted ... usually at the root tip just behind the root cap. After the nematode penetrates the root, it establishes a feeding site (gall) and ...

This gave the concrete the right level of porosity to wick water and nutrients through it and allow plant roots to spread. Researchers tested the growth of tomatoes, radishes, and romaine lettuce ...

resulting in fungal hyphae growth towards compatible plant roots. The EcM forms an extensive hyphal sheath, or mantle, around the root cap and a hartig net of hyphae that extends into the root ...