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 ...

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 ...

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 ...