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.
Sometimes it’s easy to oversimplify plant anatomy. For example, trees don’t have blood. They have sap. It might be tempting to say that they carry sap in their xylem, the way we have blood in their veins...
A comprehensive understanding of the systems behind vertical transport of water in tall trees is crucial when predicting the susceptibility of these long-lived organisms to drought. Pfautsch et al. use detailed...
Secondary Xylem Biology: Origins, Functions, and Applications. Edited by Yoon Soo Kim, Ryo Funada and Adya Singh. Academic Press, 2016. We don’t get that many books dealing specifically with secondary xylem [wood]...
This study provides the first evidence for the physiological role of the hydathode trichomes in active water secretion in the rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae.
Formation and repair of xylem embolism are of great importance for plant water relations, but are not easy to monitor. Tötzke et al. examine intact and cut stems of the lianas Adenia lobata, Aristolochia macrophylla and...
Despite the well-known effects of water potential on fruit-tree growth and development, very few models combine carbohydrate allocation with water transport. Da Silva et al. introduce a xylem circuit into the L-Peach...
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, responsible for Pierce’s disease of grapevine, colonizes the xylem conduits of vines. Chatelet et al. examine the xylem structure of several varieties of grapevine, Vitis vinifera, and...