“In general, all parts of fruits are healthy. We eat the skins of apples, pears, etc., and we could eat the skins of bananas ...

Figure 1: Passive phloem loading in plants and in the synthetic tree-on-a-chip. Using our synthetic passive loader, we study in this paper the full dynamics of passive phloem loading, set by the ...

Phloem diseases, including the economically devastating citrus greening, are particularly difficult to study because phloem cells -- essential for plant nutrient transport -- are difficult to ...

Tomato development relies on intricate gene regulation, with one of the key genes, SlHAM4, emerging as a critical factor in ...

After the baking is done and you cut into that fresh, steamy loaf of banana bread, you may notice tiny black squiggles throughout.

Phloem production in Huanglongbing-affected citrus trees Date: March 26, 2014 Source: American Society for Horticultural Science Summary: Researchers monitored the progression of phloem production ...

image: Phloem as a long-distance transport system and a habitat for prokaryotic pathogens and piercing-sucking insects. view more Credit: JIANG Yanjuan. Numerous insects and pathogens extract ...

Phloem bundles are edible, even if they aren't tasty, which reminds us of the debate over the peel — it, too, is technically edible, though few, if any, people in the world eat the peels, ...

Phloem diseases such as citrus greening are one particularly devastating group of plant diseases that have been wreaking economic havoc globally. However, ...