Leaf vasculature plays a pivotal role in nutrient transport and leaf morphology. A new study in Brassica rapa reveals the ...
Background Various species of selenium (Se) can be radicularly or foliarly absorbed by plants. However, differences of these species in uptake and transport via the xylem or phloem remain unclear.
Teng-Hao-Bo Deng, Ye-Tao Tang, Antony van der Ent, Thibault Sterckeman, Guillaume Echevarria, Jean-Louis Morel, Rong-Liang Qiu https://www.jstor.org/stable/43872663 ...
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 ...
Numerous insects and pathogens extract nutrients from phloem tissue buried deep inside plants. These phloem-feeding insects and pathogens cause tremendous economic losses worldwide and represent some ...