What’s the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? Researchers at the University of Missouri are getting to the root of it — literally.
Researchers uncover how plants regulate root growth
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From left, Jianbin Su and Walter Gassmann pose in a field.
Gassmann's research helps scientists better understand the underlying cellular biology regulating root growth.
From left, Su and Gassmann collaborate to study the specific role the SRFR1 protein plays in plants.
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