In a screen for root mutants of wheat we targeted long hairs as a desirable trait to improve the efficiency of phosphate uptake from soil.

Stress dependent usage of specific mRNAs is a common process in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression.

Plant energy organelles such as chloroplasts are central to the evolution and function of plants; indeed it can be argued that chloroplasts are the raison d’ȇtre for plants.

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Photosynthetic improvement has become a major focus for researchers seeking to increase yields of crop plants.

The root system of a plant performs vital functions including resource uptake when nutrient availability in soil is non-homogenous; while also providing a surface for interactions with beneficial microbes.