Storage root formation in sweet potato is a highly orchestrated process that transforms fine adventitious roots into enlarged, starch‐rich organs. This transition is governed by the initiation of a ...

A research team has mapped a family of plant gene regulators across cultivated sweetpotato and three wild relatives, ...

Root exudates are organic carbon compounds (such as simple sugars, organic acids, and amino acids) released from living plant roots into the soil. These small molecules can bind directly to soil ...

Researchers examined root exudates and their impact on soil carbon storage revealing surprising and counterintuitive results. Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what's happening to plants above ...