video: The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion, a new study has found. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in Communications ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 12, No. 9 (Nov., 1925), pp. 577-606 (31 pages) 1. The grand period of elongation of the root hair resembles the grand period of growth in plant tissues in general, ...

A group of international researchers has discovered how plant root hair grows straight and long. Many studies of root hair growth have been performed, however, the molecular mechanism for the ...

Root hairs represent a low-cost strategy to enhance nutrient uptake because they can significantly increase the nutrient-acquiring surface of plant roots. While primary and lateral roots are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is shown that root hairs of most aquatic plants have a helicoidal cell-wall texture. Cell walls of root hairs of the aquatic/marshland ...

The tiny hairs found on plant roots play a pivotal role in helping reduce soil erosion, a new study has found. The research provides compelling evidence that when root hairs interact with the ...