Susceptibility to olive quick decline syndrome is linked to xylem anatomy
Can differences in xylem anatomy explain the contrasting responses of two olive cultivars to infection by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa?
Tag: xylem
Thicker roots: to grow or not to grow? Investigating the dynamics of secondary root growth
Secondary growth of the roots of annual dicots has functional significance with regards to soil resource acquisition and transport, interactions with soil organisms and carbon sequestration.
Hydraulic adjustments are of limited use in bracken fern
Changes in leaf anatomy, more than hydraulics, allowed the ferns to thrive in a high light environment.
Some trees can save effort when it comes to adding growth rings
Hydraulic architecture of Eucalyptus grandis
Dragons, coconuts and skyscrapers…
Botanists aren’t always genetic engineers. This week Nigel Chaffey finds some have branched out into civil engineering.
Bigging-up wood work
Hydathode trichomes in parasitic Orobanchaceae
This study provides the first evidence for the physiological role of the hydathode trichomes in active water secretion in the rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae.
Clean drinking water via plants
Plant xylem from the sapwood of coniferous trees can remove bacteria from water by simple pressure-driven filtration.
Soil to roots to stem to atmosphere…
Studies show that fog water diffuses directly through leaf cuticles of Drimys brasiliensis and is transported through the xylem to below ground.
