On the left, an Arabidopsis plant is shown, with the growing shoot ... The cells marked in red are the shoot stem cells; the cells in blue express the WUS gene and are required to maintain the ...

By this definition, stem cells are particularly important for plant growth ... as a long-term source of new cells to build up the shoot and the root. However, the experiments described above ...

Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria are four cell components that are found ...

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

This response is controlled by the plant hormone auxin, which accumulates on the shaded side of the shoot, causing cells to ...

A recent study has identified microRNA396 (miR396) as a pivotal negative regulator of shoot regeneration in tomatoes, marking ...

The first is cell division, where new cells are created. This occurs in specific areas of the plant called apical meristems, ...