Scientists have identified genes that allow plants to pause root growth during environmental stress and restart it when conditions improve.

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Plants pause their growth during stress, then press play when conditions improve, helping them recover and live on to produce ...

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Plants pause their growth during stress, then press play when conditions improve, helping them recover and live on to produce food, according to a new study. Published today in New Phytologist UBC ...