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Improved scanning capabilities is helping crop researchers and breeders get greater insights into their plants.

Study paves way for compaction-resistant crops >More in © Tim Scrivener New opportunities to create compaction-resistant crops that are able to grow in the hardest of soils could be on the horizon thanks to a scientific breakthrough. Researchers discovered how the plant signal ethylene causes roots to stop growing in hard soils. But this signal can be “switched off” to allow roots to punch through compacted soil. Researchers used X-ray computed tomography scanners at the Hounsfield Facility at the University of Nottingham to visua...

Research reveals how crop roots penetrate hard soils ANI | Updated: Jan 15, 2021 23:16 IST Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a signal that causes roots to stop growing in hard soils which can be 'switched off' to allow them to punch through compacted soil - a discovery that could help plants to grow in even the most damaged soils. As per the findings published in the journal Science an international research team led by scientists from the University of Nottingham's Future Food Beacon and Shanghai, Jiao Tong University has disc...