"Plant Roots" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The usually underground portions of a plant that serve as support, store food, and through which water and mineral nutrients enter the plant. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 1982; Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Roots- Plant Roots
- Plant Root
- Root, Plant
- Roots, Plant
Plant Bulbs- Plant Bulbs
- Bulb, Plant
- Bulbs, Plant
- Plant Bulb
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Roots" by people in Profiles.
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Flooding episodes and seed treatment influence the microbiome diversity and function in the soybean root and rhizosphere. Sci Total Environ. 2025 Jun 20; 982:179554.
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Microbiome diversity and variations in industrial hemp genotypes. Sci Rep. 2024 11 28; 14(1):29560.
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Phenol remediation by peroxidase from an invasive mesquite: Turning an environmental wound into wisdom. J Hazard Mater. 2017 Jul 15; 334:201-211.
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Increased iron-stress resilience of maize through inoculation of siderophore-producing Arthrobacter globiformis from mine. J Basic Microbiol. 2016 Jul; 56(7):719-35.
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Diversity in a promiscuous group of rhizobia from three Sesbania spp. colonizing ecologically distinct habitats of the semi-arid Delhi region. Res Microbiol. 2005; 156(1):57-67.