While corn is a grass with a fibrous-type root system, some companies are digging deeper to learn more about roots. Generally speaking, those companies classify roots into three types: Fibrous: A mop ...

The ability of rice plants to modify their root systems to adapt to the surrounding soil water conditions is a great example of a phenomenon called phenotype plasticity. However, the exact mechanism ...

Roots are one of the most vital parts of a plant’s system. They are what anchors the entire plant to the earth, bad roots equal a bad plant. Without roots a plant cannot support itself. Without roots ...

Cadmium (Cd) accumulation in crops poses a serious risk to human health, particularly through contaminated food chains. In water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), a widely cultivated vegetable, the capacity ...

A naturally aspirated (read that as carbureted) engine relies on the combustion cycle's intake stroke and the scavenging effect of the exhaust as a means to draw air and atomized fuel through the ...

Gearheads chase horsepower like it's a search for the Holy Grail. Anything and everything that can make a car go faster, we will try, including slapping an engine-driven air pump under the hood. Or, ...