How does the average gardener tell by looking at a plant if it has a nutrient deficiency or a disease? The main three nutrients used in large amounts by our plants are N-P-K. N being nitrogen, P being ...

Plants and animals rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes, the collections of microorganisms that co-exist in places such as the human gut, and the soil around a plant’s roots. Plants ...

A recent study reveals how plants activate a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-driven signaling pathway to adapt to low nitrate ...

Researchers have discovered a new switch that plants use to control their responses to iron deficiency, Research groups from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Münster ...

"We studied a large number of wheat and barley genotypes under different nitrogen supply conditions and analyzed their root architecture and nitrogen accumulation in the plants," says lead author Md.

Plants acquire phosphorus in the form of inorganic phosphate (Pi) from the soil through a tightly regulated network of transporters and signalling pathways that ensure nutrient homeostasis. This ...