After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...

A research group led by Dr. Ryushiro Kasahara has discovered a new plant tissue essential for seed formation, which will be ...

Iron is essential for rice plants, and its proper distribution to young leaves and developing grains depends on precise ...

Figure 1: Representative examples of chemicals produced by glandular tissues in plants. Despite their importance, little is known about the physiology and metabolism of glandular tissues. The major ...

When it comes to studying living organisms, one of the most fundamental aspects is understanding their structure at the microscopic level. This includes learning about the different types of tissues ...

Plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their tissues, according to new research. The laboratory study, which involved pumpkin plants, indicates a possible pathway for nanoparticles to ...

Hydroperoxides are the primary oxygenated products of polyunsaturated fatty acids and are key itnermediates in the octadecanoid signalling pathway in plants. Lipid hydroperoxides (LHPO) were ...

Cells are the smallest unit of life. Cells in multicellular plants and animals are arranged into tissues, organs and organ systems. Cells. Tissues. Organs. Organ systems. And the organism itself.

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine aims to reactivate biological processes to form products that can help with bone regeneration and tissue loss caused by trauma. Eucomis autumnalis is more ...