Stomata open in response to blue light, and close in the presence of abscisic acid (ABA), which is biosynthesized when the plant is under dark conditions and/or drought stress. Stomata are essential ...

Plants know how to do a neat trick. Through photosynthesis, they use sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food, belching out the oxygen that we breathe as a byproduct. This evolutionary innovation is ...

How do plants breathe? When do they open and close the tiny pores on their leaves, and what does this mean for their water balance? A research team led by Marburg physicist Professor Martin Koch has ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Premise of the study: Mosses are central in understanding the origin, diversification, and early function of stomata in land plants.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol. 162, No. 989 (Jul. 27, 1965), pp. 567-574 (8 pages) It has been shown (Mansfield 1964) that exposure to very low ...

Just as humans cannot breathe underwater, the tiny pores of plants can't exchange air underwater. Even worse, having pores under water promotes the entry of water, microbes and other undesirable ...

A new study finds that engineered rice lines with low stomatal density used just 60 percent of the normal amount of water and were able to survive drought and high temperatures for longer than ...

An astonishing new video shows plants “breathing” in real-time — and the footage could have huge implications for how farmers feed the world in the future. The close-up clip was captured by biologists ...

Lucas Cernusak receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Chin Wong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

New research in plants shows that a gene called MUTE is required for the formation of stomata -- the tiny pores that a critical for gas exchange, including releasing the oxygen gas that we breathe.