With our sustained high summer temperatures plants need a continuous source of water. Water moves from the soil into and throughout a plant delivering water and nutrients via a pipe-like vascular ...

While the movement of water through xylem tissue is relatively well understood, the movement of solute-laden sap through phloem is not. One possibility is the ‘pressure flow hypothesis’ proposed by ...

Xylem vessel pits are tiny openings on the cell wall of water-conducting cells—with pit geometry influencing crop yield through its effect on plant hydraulics and nitrogen transport. Researchers from ...