Until now, scientists believed that plant roots were primarily concentrated near the surface. However, research published in Nature Communications reveals that 20% of the studied plants possess a ...

The occurrence of natural root grafts, the union of roots of the same or different trees, is common and shared across tree species. However, their significance for forest ecology remains little ...

State-of-the-Art models of Root System Architecture (RSA) do not allow simulating root growth around rigid obstacles. Yet, the presence of obstacles can be highly disruptive to the root system. We ...