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When it comes to fighting for much-needed nutrients, is it every plant for itself? Cara Giaimo tries to untangle this thorny question

I’d like to bring to wider attention an article series, The Roots of Bioinformatics. The roots of prairie plants (Source: Wikimedia Commons.) Hold up. Before experimental biologists run away, you’re some of the people I’d like this to reach! At a recent bioinformatics meeting I attended, a senior experimental biologist from overseas commented to the effect that it was hard for bioinformatics researchers to build their own careers, to publish their own papers. My take on his comment was that…

H plant 18 cm, D root 71 cm, diameter root system 41 cm

One of the wonders of big bluestem grass is its nine-foot-long roots, helping to keep soil in place and store carbon in a time of climate change.

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If you’ve ever driven past wild prairie grasses swaying in the Kansas breeze and felt a wave of appreciation for America’s heartland, you should know that those visible grasses are just the tip of the iceberg. “We’re pretty blind to what’s going on beneath the soil,” says photographer Jim Richardson, who became well acquainted with […]

H plant 95 cm, D root 173 cm, diameter root system 155 cm