Shape-Shifters: How Strigolactone Signaling Helps Shape the Shoot
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In Brief0 Comments
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IN BRIEF by Jennifer Lockhart [email protected]
When a deer eats the primary shoot of a plant, this can activate a nearby dormant axillary bud, causing it to form a secondary shoot. Genetic and environmental factors also affect shoot architecture, which strongly influences crop productivity. Changes…
Thinking Outside the Plant: Exploring Phloem Development Using VISUAL
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefIN BRIEF by Jennifer Lockhart [email protected]
Investigating how plants grow and develop often requires a bit of creativity. For example, deep within the plant, the vascular cambium, a layer of embryonic, highly cytoplasmic cells, gives rise to xylem and phloem tissue, which must expand throughout…