Scientists reveal how the periderm, armoured roots of plants, plays a crucial role in tackling climate change by capturing ...

Salk Institute scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful ...

Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of ...