Male gametes need only 1 min to find the egg, fuse, induce homogenous cell wall secretion and start showing adhesive properties, underlying the role of the ECM as a fast sperm block in D. dichotoma.
Sieve tubes are essential for the distribution of photoassimilates in higher plants. These are networks of cells that pass carbohydrates from leaves to other parts of the plant. In some ways they do for sugars what...
Do you fancy doing plant science off the shores of Tasmania, around the Antarctic, or even Hawaii? Then the Zooniverse has the project for you. Floating Forests is a website to study the growth or decline of giant kelp...