Scientists have identified a crucial mechanism that allows plants to shape their vascular systems, determining whether they grow soft edible storage organs or develop the rigid woody tissue ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, have developed and tested a new class of fluorescent probes that enable ...

Cross section of Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl showing xylem tissue patterning formed by two different cell types – xylem vessels (red) and xylem parenchyma cells. SR2200 and Fuchsin staining of ...

Schematic model of PagKNAT5a-mediated xylem cell elongation and secondary cell wall formation. PagKNAT5a enhances longitudinal cell elongation in vascular tissues by modulating auxin accumulation.