Scientists have identified a crucial mechanism that allows plants to shape their vascular systems, determining whether they ...

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 ...

A new study from the laboratory of Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) Professor Taku Demura shows how light modulates the expression of three genes crucial for xylem formation in ...

Green houseplants enhance our indoor winter environments in many ways. All growing plants, including those green houseplants, ...

Towering redwoods and lanky jungle vines hoist water from the soil to their lofty leaves through a tubelike tissue called the xylem. In early plants, which reached just a few centimeters and lived ...