Plant roots (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Plant roots

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Untreated (left) and mebendazole treated (right) seedling of Arabidopsis thaliana growing on the surface of vertical agar plates. While the root branches of the untreated plant point downwards, mebendazole leads to the branches pointing much more sidewards, leading to a shallower root system.

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