On the left, an Arabidopsis plant is shown, with the growing shoot tip indicated by the orange line. The orange box shows a top view of the shoot tip at higher magnification, with the shoot ...

Plants exhibit two primary meristems: the root apical meristem, from which root tissues differentiate, and the shoot apical meristem, from which the aerial part of the plant develops. The latter ...

The apical meristem, located at the shoot tip, is responsible for primary growth, which involves the elongation of stems and ...