This week's look at what's new, bountiful or mysterious in the produce aisles. From the muddy bottom of ponds and rice paddies in Southeast Asia comes the lotus rhizome -- the tuber-like, ...

This time-lapse takes on how a lotus/nelumbo nucifera seed sprouting, rooting, and growing into plants. A small hole was ...

As the peak season for lotus root sales arrives, Hedong district in Linyi city is expanding its market presence with a great idea. A live-streaming station has been set up right by the lotus ponds, ...

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) by intracellular rhizobia within legume root nodules requires the exchange of nutrients between host plant cells and their resident bacteria. Little is known at the ...

One of the most spectacular, and fleeting, displays in the American South is unfolding as you read this. It is a sight not to be missed, but miss it you will unless you rise from yon chair and venture ...

Plants, including crops such as rice and wheat, obtain their essential mineral nutrients and water through their roots, making them an important interface between plants and the soil environment. The ...