Vegetables grown for their underground parts have tasty roots, tubers, rhizomes, or bulbs. These structures are packed with carbohydrates and water for the plants, and deliciousness for us. These ...

Root pruning from corn rootworm can cause significant yield loss, up to 15% yield loss for every node pruned back to 1.5" of ...

Phosphorus is essential for undisturbed plant growth and development. However, in many soils, phosphorus is only poorly available. One mechanism used by plants to increase phosphorus availability is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When I started gardening, I chose plants based on how they looked and smelled. Then I started noticing how plants of different types looked grouped together and bloomed throughout ...

Exposed orchid roots are a completely normal feature of these uniquely beautiful plants, and tending to them is an important aspect of orchid care. Aerial orchid roots are most likely to occur in ...

Plants and trees extend their roots into the earth in order to draw nutrients and water from the soil—however, these roots are thought to decline as they move deeper underground. But a new study by a ...

From morning glories spiraling up fence posts to grape vines corkscrewing through arbors, twisted growth is a problem-solving ...