Scanning electron microscopy of thick hand sections of the giant thick-stemmed grasses Arundo donax and Phyllostachys aurea was used to see how the primary xylem of a monocot with pronounced basal ...

With our sustained high summer temperatures plants need a continuous source of water. Water moves from the soil into and throughout a plant delivering water and nutrients via a pipe-like vascular ...

International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 172, No. 7 (September 2011), pp. 879-888 (10 pages) AbstractEarly angiosperms are hypothesized as constrained to wet environments where many of their ...