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Tag: structure-function

Cocos nucifera
Plant Cuttings

Dragons, coconuts and skyscrapers…

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

by Nigel ChaffeyApril 18, 2017April 19, 2017
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Plastids are responsible for photosynthesis, storage of products like starch and for the synthesis of many classes of molecules such as fatty acids and terpenes which are needed as cellular building blocks and/or for the function of the plant.
Plant Cuttings

Iridoplasts, out of the shadows at last

Why can you find colourful plants, where they’re hardest to see? Iridoplasts, an overlooked plastid, improve photosynthesis and look great while doing it.

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 21, 2017March 24, 2017
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Guard cells around stomata
Plant Cuttings

A fresh look at guard cell walls

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 8, 2016March 8, 2016
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Plant Cuttings

Plant Science at the leading edge

by Nigel ChaffeyDecember 1, 2015December 5, 2015
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Plant parts doing unexpected things: Part 2 (or, Root research all up in the air)

The aerial roots of epiphytic plants perched high above the ground on trees photosynthesise, as well as absorbing water from their surroundings.

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 26, 2015March 26, 2015
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Non-leaf photosynthesis

Photosynthetic activity of green nectaries can explain a significant part, if not all, of the sugar secreted in nectar.

by Nigel ChaffeyDecember 19, 2013December 6, 2013
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Lignin and/or suberin? Lignin!

by Nigel ChaffeyOctober 11, 2012May 30, 2018
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Image: Harry T. Horner.
Plant Cuttings

Don’t underestimate the druse

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 29, 2012May 25, 2012
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