Spongy mesophyll close spongy mesophyllThe plant tissue in a leaf which has loosely packed cells and air spaces between them to allow gas exchange. tissue is packed loosely for efficient gas exchange.

Plants have an impressive ability to regenerate damaged tissues, but how they do it is not fully understood. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered the mechanisms involved in this superpower. In ...

Studying the genome of commercially valuable plants like papayas can lead to varieties with stronger disease resistance, higher drought tolerance and other improvements. A protocol developed at the ...

Plant tissue culture involves cultivating plant cells, tissues, and organs in a nutrient-rich medium using controlled, aseptic techniques. 1 Since its inception in the early 20th century, plant tissue ...

Effective hydrophobic barriers were essential for plants to survive on land, yet how these barriers became specialized across ...

SINGAPORE – In a nondescript building in Kent Ridge, botanists have cracked the code to mass produce clones of critically endangered trees here to aid their fight against extinction. At the heart of ...