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Light determines the genes that function in plant growth

The xylem is essential for transporting water across the entire plant body. Its development is heavily regulated by VND genes. Scientists report a new experimental system that shows three VND genes ...
Frontiers

Axial Variation in Structural and Functional Traits: Advancing Our Understanding of Plant Hydraulic Plasticity

Understanding how trees respond to drought and climatic stress increasingly calls for close collaboration between experts in ...
JSTOR Daily

An increase in xylem embolism resistance of grapevine leaves during the growing season is coordinated with stomatal regulation, turgor loss point and intervessel pit membranes

• Although xylem embolism resistance is traditionally considered as static, we hypothesized that in grapevine (Vitis vinifera) leaf xylem becomes more embolism-resistant over the growing season. • We ...
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Xylem Transport Safety and Efficiency Differ among Fynbos Shrub Life History Types and between Two Sites Differing in Mean Rainfall

Robert B. Pratt, Anna L. Jacobsen, Shayne M. Jacobs and Karen J. Esler Xylem safety and efficiency were analyzed for stems of evergreen shrubs that inhabit fynbos communities in the Mediterranean-type ...