Modifying the structure of poplar wood can also alter the endosphere microbiome, the bacteria that reside inside tree tissue, new research shows. In this study, the researchers looked into how trees ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue researchers have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose, a finding that could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels ...

The structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose has been uncovered by researchers, a finding that could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels and other products and ...

An international collaboration including scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the structure of a plant hormone that plays a crucial role in ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are crucial to plants and vice versa, but little is known about the factors linking the community structure of the two groups. We investigated the association ...

Stomata, formed by a pair of kidney-shaped guard cells, are tiny pores in leaves. They act like mouths that plants use to "eat" and "breathe." When they open, carbon dioxide (CO 2) enters the plant ...

Chapter 1 Problems of adaptation to a terrestrial environment -- Chapter 2 An overview of plant structure and development -- Chapter 3 The protoplast of the eukaryotic cell -- Chapter 4 Structure and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. A simple device called a `pocometer' (POlar COordinate METER) was developed to measure three-dimensional structure of plants. It consists ...

In this series on the principles of landscape design we will be focusing on correcting common design flaws while accounting ...