hemicellulose Archives

Secondary cell walls in primary and secondary stem growth

The cell biology of secondary cell wall biosynthesis

What is it that makes a plant get up and stay up? A new review looks at the creation of secondary cell walls. These microscopic features are the key to understanding the architecture of the plants we see around us.

Plant Cuttings

Food that really might taste like sawdust

Annals of Botany Featured

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.

Plant Cuttings

Dragons, coconuts and skyscrapers…

Botanists aren’t always genetic engineers. This week Nigel Chaffey finds some have branched out into civil engineering.

Annals of Botany

Hemicellulose evolution in monilophytes (Research in Context)