Plant Roots
The first plant part to emerge from a germinating seed is a root, called the radicle (not radical) in both dicots (‘broadleaf’ plants) and monocots (grasses).
The first plant part to emerge from a germinating seed is a root, called the radicle (not radical) in both dicots (‘broadleaf’ plants) and monocots (grasses).
Many of you are fighting to get your corn crop planted in the mud across the central & eastern corn-growing areas of the US/Canada.
We highly recommend this article, The Biology of Soil Compaction (pdf), revised and updated from an Ohio State* publication, and consider it to be absolutely essential… Read More »Biology of Soil Compaction
Howard G. Buffett’s high-caliber accomplishments are stand-out, even though his father is far more recognized
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