“The trick is keeping the corn plant happy while this carbon penalty ... leaving behind some yellow corn until the root system is caught up with it at the depth that the nitrogen moved to.

In a world grappling with climate change and its implications for agriculture, the quest to identify resilient plant varieties has become crucial. A groundbreaking robot developed by bioengineers at ...

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with ... for that play an important role in helping the plant create a root system that is optimized for efficient water uptake," said José Dinneny ...