Leaves are the primary plant organs responsible for photosynthesis. Their size, shape and angles — all affected by cell patterning and growth — can also expose more of their surface to the sun, ...

In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell ...

A model of the expansion and contraction of pulvinar motor cells associated with the opening and closing of pulvinar slits in legume leaf movement. Credit: Plant Physiology (2023). DOI: 10.1093/plphys ...

The MSC16 cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) mutant with lower activity of mitochondrial Complex I was used to study the influence of mitochondrial metabolism on whole cell energy and redox state. Mutant ...

Ikoma, Japan – Plant movement has been long fascinated by many researchers. Legumes are a group of plants famous for exhibiting various leaf movements, including “nyctinastic movement”, in which the ...