Roots bend away from decaying plant material (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Roots bend away from decaying plant material

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The roots of plants bend away from decaying plant material (in the center). This process—newly identified by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and Northwest A&F University in China—is called saprotropism, derived from the Greek term “sapro” for “rotten”. 

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