Plants adjust cellular pressure to respond to environmental factors. The evolution of stomata played a major role in changing ...

In an era where climate change threatens food security, scientists worldwide are searching for reliable ways to improve crop ...

How does water move through plants to get to the top of tall trees? Here we describe the pathways and mechanisms driving water uptake and transport through plants, and causes of flow disruption.

Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, the University of Cologne, and the University of Copenhagen have uncovered a hidden talent of the Casparian strip—a root structure ...

The Clemson University Board designates part of Clemson Forest as ecologically sensitive, showcasing rich biodiversity and ...

Plant leaves are adapted for gas exchange and ... exceptions So that water and gases have a limited distance to diffuse. Vascular tissue in the midrib and veins Branches of the xylem, to transport ...