Trying to grow new plants from the cuttings of your existing plants? Break out the rooting hormone. Rooting hormone is ...

Rooting powder contains plant hormones to promote growth. Plant cuttings can be dipped in hormone rooting powder before planting. Synthetic plant hormones are used to control plant growth.

Selective weedkillers kill some plants, but not others. This can be useful for getting rid of dandelions in a lawn without killing the grass, or weeds that compete with crops such as wheat.

Wageningen researchers have discovered that a vital plant protein originated more than 600 million years ago, long before the ...

Plant hormones act as signals in this integration process and contribute to the extraordinary plant morphological plasticity. The root system is a key determinant of plant development, exploring ...

Microbial factories provide a sustainable alternative to tree sap for producing elusive plant molecules, offering new ...

Phenotyping: The process of measuring and analyzing observable traits in organisms, such as root length and biomass. Auxin: A class of plant hormones that play a crucial role in regulating growth ...

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

Spatial control of phytohormone signaling within the primary root There are many cases of regulation between hormone pathways that do not involve auxin 3 (Fig. 1). However, it appears that plants ...