Auburn University agriculturalists shaping the future of farming in Alabama streetinsider.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from streetinsider.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The third dean candidate for Bumpers College, Jeff Edwards, will hold an open forum for the campus community at 2:30 p.m. today in the John A. White Jr. Engineering Hall, room 209.
Gene required for root hair growth, nitrate foraging found in grasses sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Three candidates for the dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Michael Evans, Michael Looper and Jeff Edwards will hold open forums on Sept. 25, Sept. 27 and Oct. 2, respectively.
Scientists have found a plant gene that drives the growth of root hairs, the tiny structures that help plants find water and nutrients in the soil.
Identified by a team led by Washington State University researcher Karen Sanguinet, the gene, dubbed “BUZZ,” causes faster-growing, denser webs of roots and may also determine how plants find and use nitrates, a prime source of nitrogen essential to plant growth. Nitrates are also used in fertilizers that can pollute the environment as runoff, and this genetic discovery could ultimately help plant scientists find ways to grow crops more sustainably.