Global agriculture and food security face paramount challenges due to climate change and
land degradation. Human-induced soil compaction severely affects soil fertility, impairing …

Roots provide physical and nutritional support to plant organs that are above ground and
play critical roles for adaptation via intricate movements and growth patterns. Through …

Most current knowledge about plant lipid metabolism has focused on the biosynthesis of
lipids and their transport between different organelles. However, lipid composition changes …

Cuscuta and Cassytha are two distinct stem parasitic plant genera developing haustoria at
their stem. The initial step to parasitization is twining onto the host plant. Although twining is …

Salt stress causes worldwide reductions in agricultural yields, a problem that is exacerbated
by the depletion of global freshwater reserves and the use of contaminated or recycled water …

Plants being sessile can often be judged as passive acceptors of their environment.
However, plants are actually even more active in responding to the factors from their …

Phytagel media were evaluated as systems to mechanically impede roots of A. thaliana.
Studying mechanical properties of Phytagel and exploring the root response to mechanical …

Patatin-like phospholipase-A (pPLA) is a class of lipid acyl hydrolase enzymes found in both
the animal and plant kingdoms. Plant pPLAs are related to the potato tuber storage protein …

Agar is widely used in studies of root growth since it can be mixed at different concentrations
to impact mechanical impedance. At high concentrations (1.2–1.5%), growth of Arabidopsis …

Nuclear protein delivery underlies an array of biotechnological and therapeutic applications.
While many variations of protein delivery methods have been described, it can still be …