Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a nucleus, a cell membrane and cytoplasm. They've also got a vacuole, chloroplasts and a cell wall, ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 155/156, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION COLLOQUIUM (October 1993), pp. 273-276 (4 pages) Xylem sap of sinker (tap) root, cluster ...

Owing to recent advances, plant vascular developmental can now be described from early specification during embryogenesis up to late differentiation events. Plant vascular tissues display both ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The cambium and its "zone" is a cell generator (reproductive tissue called ...

Plants come in all shapes and sizes, allowing them to fit into unique niches in the landscape, but they can be quite complex organisms. In order to select the most appropriate plants for a given ...

Circular patches of bark were surgically isolated on the sides of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) trees at breast height at various times during the dormant and growing seasons. Subsequently, ...