Seven fully excavated 16 year-old root systems of Sitka spruce were analysed. All roots in excess of 1 cm diameter at their origin on the stumps were analysed, data being collected until root diameter ...

The seven or eight protoxylem points at the stem end of a fleshy adventitious root of Cycas revoluta merge successively in pairs; at its tip the root, if sufficiently extended, possesses a diarch ...

Discovery of the structure by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University may help researchers learn more about a hereditary neuromuscular disease known as nemaline myopathy.

GCSE Edexcel Plant organisation - Edexcel Transport and structure of specialised plant cells Plant leaves are adapted for photosynthesis and gas exchange. Roots absorb water and mineral ions ...

C4 plants grow ‘cheaper’ leaves which allows them to produce 50 per cent more roots than C3 species Plants using C4 photosynthesis grow 20-100 per cent quicker than more common C3 plants by altering ...

Roots must have sufficiently large pore spaces to explore for water, oxygen and nutrients; here on the prairies, this ideal root environment typically exists only in the top 60 centimetres or so ...