In vascular plants, xylem functions to conduct water from roots to leaves and provides mechanical support. Yet, xylem is subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses that threaten its function.

Four-week old plants were transplanted into Foc-infected or non-infected soil. Xylem sap collection was carried out 12 dpi when the susceptible plants show disease symptoms. Xylem sap collection was ...

Maintenance of long distance water transport in xylem is essential to plant health and productivity. Both biotic and abiotic environmental conditions lead to embolism formation within the xylem ...

Wood is a valuable natural resource and a major carbon sink. Wood formation is an important developmental process in vascular plants which played a crucial role in plant evolution. Although genes ...

Plants keep growing throughout their lives owing to the activity of stem cells in meristems 1. Genetic analyses have revealed key players such as ligands, receptors and transcription factors involved ...

Maintenance of long distance water transport in xylem is essential to plant health and productivity. Both biotic and abiotic environmental conditions lead to embolism formation within the xylem ...

Diagram showing xylem and phloem of plant Diagram showing xylem and phloem of plant illustration Title: Cross section of a vascular bundle in the stem showing food-conducting phloem and ...

Water and minerals are transported up through the plant stem in xylem vessels. Xylem is a tissue consisting of dead, hollowed-out cells that form a system of pipes.

Most of the businesses located along Canyon Road are devoted to art or dining. The owners of a new enterprise along that historic street are trying to introduce horticulture to the mix. Beth Succop ...