Tag: Plants
How roots grow hair?
“Smoke detectors” in plants also control the growth of root hair.
Scientists identified the genes that first enabled plants to grow leaves
The study explains how a 450-million years ago a switch enabled plants to delay reproduction and grow leaves, shoots, and buds.
When plant roots learned to follow gravity
Scentists have identified crucial components and processes which only developed in seed plants around 350 million years ago to enable fast and efficient gravity-driven root growth.
Smartphone-based portable device diagnoses plant diseases in the field
Every plant releases volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as they 'breathe' through the pores in their leaves. But when a plant is diseased, the type...
Designer plants one step closer to growing low-cost medical, industrial proteins
Vaccines help protect individuals from lethal infections before they interact with the disease. Antibodies may likewise help reduce the symptoms of the infection brought...
How plants breathe and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’
The development of stomata and leaf airspace must be composed to set up a proficient and powerful network that enables gas exchange for photosynthesis....
Exciting plant vacuoles
Many plant processes similar to the humans: Cells and tissues in grain plants, including maize also communicate through electrical signals. The shape and frequency...
Six plants native to Southeast Asia are promising cancer warriors
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently discovered that the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica), South African leaf (Vernonia...
Insects hijack reproductive genes of grape vines to create own living space on plant
A new study by the University of Toledo scientists highlighted a relationship between insects and plants, paving the way towards possibilities in protecting the...
