Fit Roots for Plant Health Whitepaper - Koppert
in the soil or substrate, and they take up water, minerals
and metabolites to be transported to the leaves, flowers and fruits. Roots also excrete car [...] ranging from a superficial root system
to deep taproots, or a combination of these. But in
general, one can say that a sound root system has
a whitish colour [...] contribute to a branched
and healthy root system.
The root tip is where things happen: uptake of
water and nutrients for the plant and exudation
(or ‘leaking’)