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How do plant roots find the quickest way down?

Posted on November 12, 2015 By Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Department of Physics

Most plants grow towards the light, but roots have to grow down into the soil to find water and nutrients. How do they do this? And what happens to a growing root when it encounters a rock? In this video a group of investigators from the Physics Department and from the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research show us how plants manage to grow in Ithaca's rocky soil.

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