While corn is a grass with a fibrous-type root system, some companies are digging deeper to learn more about roots. Generally speaking, those companies classify roots into three types: Fibrous ...

A root system consists of a complex network of individual roots that vary in age along their length. Roots grow from their tips and initially produce thin and non-woody fine roots. Fine roots are ...

McCormack has served as a thought leader in several global analyses, many of which used the Fine-Root Ecology Database, including publications in Nature, Nature Ecology and Evolution, New ...