Annals of Botany, Vol. 117, No. 2 (February 2016), pp. 257-268 (12 pages) Background and Aims Although Oryza sativa (rice) is one of the most important cereal crops, the mechanism by which sucrose, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Phloem loading in source leaves is a key step for carbon partitioning and passive symplastic loading has been proposed for several tree ...

Leaf vasculature plays a pivotal role in nutrient transport and leaf morphology. A new study in Brassica rapa reveals the developmental trajectories of vascular tissues in Chinese cabbage using single ...

An inter-university research group has succeeded in constructing the gene expression network behind the vascular development process in plants. They achieved this by performing bioinformatics analysis ...