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The-14 Aug 10, 2025

Nature’s underground engineers: how plant roots could save harvests from drought
#Soil #Drought #Plants #XRay #PlantRoots #SoilHealth #DroughtResilience #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #Farming #ClimateChange #SustainableFarming #SoilScience #RootEngineering
https://the-14.com/natures-underground-engineers-how-plant-roots-could-save-harvests-from-drought/

Nature’s underground engineers: how plant roots could save harvests from drought | The-14

Many people think of plants as nice-looking greens. Essential for clean air, yes, but simple organisms. A step change in research is shaking up the way scientists think about plants: they are far more complex and more like us than you might imagine. This blossoming field of science is too delightful to do it justice

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Headlines Africa Aug 7, 2025

Africa: Nature's Underground Engineers - How Plant Roots Could Save Harvests From Drought: [The Conversation Africa] Ever wondered how a delicate plant root can push its way through hard ground? It's a feat of engineering happening beneath our feet. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMLfy9 #Africa #PlantRoots #Drought #SustainableAgriculture #EnvironmentalScience

Journal of Plant Ecology Mar 7, 2025

#PlantRoots show flexible traits to changing precipitation, but the factors driving root trait covariation remain poorly understood. Yi-Heng Li et al. explored the precipitation-induced #SoilProperties and #PlantCommunities mediate #RootStrategies in the #ZoigeAlpineMeadow.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae072

Planetary Ecologist Jan 17, 2025

Vertical ecosystem (Botany 🌱)

A vertical ecosystem is an architectural gardening system developed by Ignacio Solano from the mur vegetal created by Patrick Blanc. This new approach enhances the previous archetype of mur vegetal and considers the relationship that exists between a set of living organisms, biocenosis, inhabiting a physical component, biotope. The system is...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_ecosystem

#VerticalEcosystem #Botany #Ecology #Symbiosis #PlantRoots #Oligotrophs

Vertical ecosystem - Wikipedia

Planetary Ecologist Sep 16, 2024

Root microbiome (Microbiology 🦠)

The root microbiome is the dynamic community of microorganisms associated with plant roots. Because they are rich in a variety of carbon compounds, plant roots provide unique environments for a diverse assemblage of soil microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and archaea. The microbial communities inside the root and in the rhizosphere are d...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_microbiome

#RootMicrobiome #PlantRoots #Microbiomes #SoilBiology #Microbiology

Root microbiome - Wikipedia

Planetary Ecologist Jul 19, 2024

Root microbiome (Microbiology 🦠)

The root microbiome is the dynamic community of microorganisms associated with plant roots. Because they are rich in a variety of carbon compounds, plant roots provide unique environments for a diverse assemblage of soil microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and archaea. The microbial communities inside the root and in the rhizosphere are d...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_microbiome

#RootMicrobiome #PlantRoots #Microbiomes #SoilBiology #Microbiology

Root microbiome - Wikipedia

The Global Plant Council May 10, 2024

Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change

Researchers utilize AI to engineer plants combatting climate change. Deep learning software, SLEAP, analyzes plant traits, expediting the design of carbon-capturing plants. By optimizing root systems, plants draw more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

https://globalplantcouncil.org/artificial-intelligence-helps-scientists-engineer-plants-to-fight-climate-change/ via Salk Institute #PlantScience #Science #ClimateChange #PlantRoots

Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change - The Global Plant Council

Researchers utilize AI to engineer plants combatting climate change. Deep learning software, SLEAP, analyzes plant traits, expediting the design of carbon-capturing plants. By optimizing root systems, plants draw more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The Global Plant Council

The Global Plant Council Mar 11, 2024

Increasing soil salinity: new discovery may help make crops more resilient

Researchers discovered a protein that boosts root growth in saline soil, aiding plant resilience. The protein, ZAT6, acts as a backup for the hormone auxin in lateral root development, offering insights for breeding more resilient crops. Machine learning helped identify ZAT6, advancing future research for climate-resilient crops.

https://buff.ly/438wUDT #PlantScience #Science #Plants #Crops #SoilSalinity #PlantRoots

Increasing soil salinity: new discovery may help make crops more resilient

Salination causes harvests to fail across the globe. Plants die, or their growth is stunted. Researchers of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have discovered that a local regulator protein encourages root growth in saline soil, which allows the plant to develop under these adverse conditions. The findings have been published in the scientific journal the Plant Cell and form a critical basis for further research into the development of more resilient crop varieties.

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