Tag: Stomata
Plants and Pinatubo, Prestahnukur, Popocatépetl…
Chloroplasts: what are they for?
Stomatal density and aperture in non-vascular plants are non-responsive to above-ambient CO2 concentrations
Accurately measuring cavitation resistance to understand how plants cope with drought
Cavitation resistance is crucial to coping with and surviving drought.
Asymmetric cell divisions in plant development
Kajala et al. describe regulation of asymmetric cell divisions for the embryo, including the first divisions of the zygote.
One of a kind…
Rare and monotypic Amborella is probably the living – extant – flowering plant closest evolutionarily to the first true member of the angiosperm group.
Improving abiotic stress tolerance in crops (Invited Review)
Shabala identifies physiological mechanisms conferring salinity tolerance in halophytes that can be introduced into non-halophyte crop species to improve their performance under saline conditions.
Stomatal development of early angiosperms
A novel ultrastructural study of developing stomata in leaves of several representative early-divergent angiosperms.
A new lotus effect..?
A new phenomenon that has been identified in the lotus – opening and closing of ‘central plate stomata’ regulates convective airflow within the lotus plant.
My, what big leaves you’ve got
The spatial-temporal patterns of stomatal conductance may represent an adaptation for avoiding local water stress.
Be careful what you breathe in
Plants breathe through their stomata – so how do they manage to keep pathogens out?
Mum versus Dad: Parent–offspring conflict in mosses
Non-flowering plants have rather complex reproductive life cycles compared to the more familiar pattern of fertilization and seed formation seen in Angiosperms.
