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 ...

On the University of Delaware Farm in Newark, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences faculty and student researchers are investigating nutrients and toxins in rice — a staple crop for nearly half of ...

Drought can have a lasting impact on the community of microbes that live in and around roots of rice plants. The results show how plants may more quickly adapt to repeated intermittent drought.

Grandma said to eat your root vegetables. And if she’d had these delightful recipes, you would have followed her advice. This classic was featured in the October 2005 issue of Traverse, Northern ...

Drought can have a lasting impact on the community of microbes that live in and around roots of rice plants, a team led by UC Davis researchers has found. Root-associated microbes help plants take up ...