Plant Roots

  1. Ryan Huff recommends I think that this would be an excellent site to have on filebecause it has a l ot of supplemental information on cytology, anatomy, and ultrastructures of pl ants. I also think that it would be useful because it tells of themany growth habits of plants and trees. I think that this would be useful fornext year f or students to read before they hear your lectures, then they wouldalready hav e an understanding of what you are talking about going into thelecture.
  2. Megan Senske recommends This article talks about the root fungus Pythium arrhenomanes. This fungus attacks the corn and wheat plant, preventing them from drawing inwater. This is interesting because is this fungus is not controlled thanthere could be some serious threats to a farmers' crops, which wouldultimatly affect our food supply. I like this article because it shows somepracticle application of a fungus that could inhibit the growth of a plant byrestricting the root system.
  3. Keegan Swanson recommends This site is interesting to those enrolled in BMZ 116 fora couple of reasons. First, because the page and the entrieschange frequently, the information (and research) is up to date. As you know, brand new information (including research) isvital to the life sciences of botany, microbiology, and zoology. Also, the research on the site is specific in many areasincluding forestry, horticulture, medical chemistry, plant biology, plantpathology, and and more. The number of different subjects found on thissite makes the site interesting to a wide variety of people,including many (if not all) of the students enrolled in BMZ 116 and otherlife science courses.
  4. Brian Wolterman recommends This site provides important information, withillustrations, on how a corn plant develops, identifying stages ofdevelopment, vegetarian stages and development, reproductivestages, and kernel development. It also provides specialinformation on nutrient uptake and fertilizer applications.
  5. Chris Harris recommends This site is from the Department of Botany at University of Guelphin Ontario. It covers research on developmental biology of plantroots and the association of plant roots with soil microorganisms.
  6. Laura Groff recommends This web site talks about the importance mycorrhiza has on plantroots.