1. To test hypotheses concerning adaptation and acclimation of tree species to shaded habitats we determined the growth, biomass partitioning and morphology of seedlings of nine near-boreal tree ...

Shaded leaves in plant canopies receive a higher proportion of far red relative to red light than is received by unshaded leaves. Brief end-of-day irradiations with red or far red light, acting ...

Leaf vasculature plays a pivotal role in nutrient transport and leaf morphology. A new study in Brassica rapa reveals the ...

ALTHOUGH occasional protests have been made by plant morphologists for many years against the inflexible framework of morphological concepts to which they have felt compelled to adhere in interpreting ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as herbariums, they store critical data on the ...

The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them particularly resilient to changes in fluid volume. A similar cell shape also ...