Plant and Soil, Vol. 155/156, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION COLLOQUIUM (October 1993), pp. 273-276 (4 pages) Xylem sap of sinker (tap) root, cluster ...

One goes up... and one goes down. I was a college freshman in Botany 101 when I first learned about xylem and phloem, the two transport tissues which carry water and nutrients up and down a tree's ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 40, No. 219 (October 1989), pp. 1069-1078 (10 pages) The minute changes in volume of a grape berry which occur from hour to hour were measured non-destructively in ...

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 ...

Owing to recent advances, plant vascular developmental can now be described from early specification during embryogenesis up to late differentiation events. Plant vascular tissues display both ...

Asymmetrically transported auxin-efflux carriers cause a polarized flow of auxin, which leads to the formation of continuous columns of procambial cells. In addition, one or more ...

Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a nucleus, a cell membrane and cytoplasm. They've also got a vacuole, chloroplasts and a cell wall, ...

(The Joyful Botanist leads weekly wildflower walks most Fridays and offers consultations and private group tours through Bigelow’s Botanical Excursions. This email address is being protected from ...

The invasive Ambrosia beetle continues to harm trees such as pawpaws across the Midwest. The insect infestation has caused local farmers to burn large chunks of their tree population, and invest in ...

Old sugar maple trees line a back road near my school; they’re in a narrow strip of woods, between road and highway. Last week empty milk jugs and poly buckets magically appeared, looking like ...