When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 389, No. 1/2 (April 2015), pp. 257-272 (16 pages) Aims Root hydrotropism has been widely studied in seedling radicles through artificial experiments that reduce the influence of ...

The ability of rice plants to modify their root systems to adapt to the surrounding soil water conditions is a great example of a phenomenon called phenotype plasticity. However, the exact mechanism ...