Premise of the study: Xylem network connections play an important role in water and nutrient transport in plants, but also facilitate the spread of air embolisms and xylem-dwelling pathogens. This ...
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 ...
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 ...