Scientists have identified a crucial mechanism that allows plants to shape their vascular systems, determining whether they grow soft edible storage organs or develop the rigid woody tissue ...

Researchers led by Prof. Zhou Yihua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently reported an identification of unprecedented xylan ...

Xylem vessel pits are tiny openings on the cell wall of water-conducting cells—with pit geometry influencing crop yield through its effect on plant hydraulics and nitrogen transport. Researchers from ...

With our sustained high summer temperatures plants need a continuous source of water. Water moves from the soil into and throughout a plant delivering water and nutrients via a pipe-like vascular ...

An embolism in a xylem vessel can be as disastrous to plants as one in a blood vessel can be to a human. Water supply to the leaves is cut off, and cells cannot function properly without water. This ...

Transport in biology means carrying substance absorbed or made in the body of an organism to all other parts of its body. In plants, it is only water and minerals that need to be transported to its ...

New techniques allow live-observation of forming cell walls in the vascular tissue. Trees are by far the tallest organisms on Earth. Height growth is made possible by a specialized vascular system ...

Watch this video to discover how plants transport water in the xylem and sugars in the phloem to stay healthy. As water travels through the xylem in the stem and leaf, it is being replaced by water ...