Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vegetables grown for their underground parts have tasty roots, tubers, rhizomes, or bulbs. These structures are packed with ...

Ever pulled a carrot from the ground only to find it split down the middle like a tiny orange lightning bolt? Or harvested a beet that looked perfect on the surface but betrayed you with jagged cracks ...

Field tours were conducted at the West Central Research Extension and Education Center (WCREEC) of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in North Platte during its Annual Water and Crops Field Day ...

Farmers usually plant so-called cover crops after harvesting their main crop in the Fall. This prevents erosion of the soil and nutrient leaching. The roots of these crops also stabilize the structure ...

A new study shows crop species, and not soil type, primarily determines the beneficial functions provided by root-associated ...

Scientists discover tiny hooked hairs on plant roots that help seedlings survive drought, absorb nutrients, and resist stress.