A look at the leaf anatomy of an unusual freshwater aquatic
The plant has a unique arrangement for carrying out C4 photosynthesis without the typical C4 anatomy.
Tag: Aerenchyma
How to break down cell walls in sugarcane
One way of improving the usefulness of a plant crop might come not from studying where the plant cells grow, but where they die.
New CO2 microsensor reveals old secrets of plants
We have constructed a new CO2 microsensor with a tip diameter as small as the thinnest of human hairs. This new microsensor can be positioned in plant tissues in controlled laboratory experiments as well as in the field, and has already revealed some old secrets of submerged aquatic plants.
CO2 and O2 dynamics in aquatic C3 or CAM plants
Waterlogging tolerance in the forage legume Melilotus siculus
Creative Destruction: How Death Leads to Function
Marcos Buckeridge explains how death and destruction in sugarcane roots can lead to the development of gas spaces, which improve root function.
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