Researchers have found that plant root tips commonly converged to a catenary-curved shape because of restrictions imposed by one-directional and localized tissue growth. Plant roots need to be able to ...

The mutation Ageotropic (Agt) results in defective development of the surface pellicle which overlies the young epidermal cells of mesocotyl and nodal roots of maize. In roots of plants of the parent, ...

Using a novel technique called scRNA-seq, scientists were able to identify and characterise the major cell types in the root-tip of the maize crop, along with their developmental pathways and many ...

DURING investigations into the fine structure of apical meristems under the electron microscope, one of us (S. G.) discovered that it was possible, in maize and barley, to detach the intact root cap ...