This study was led by Prof. Jianghua Chen from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The authors identified four ...

In a paper recently published on aBIOTECH, the authors combined spatiotemporal expression analysis and CRISPR/Cas9 genome ...

Leafminer Liriomyza sativae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) is one of the main pests of melon crop (Cucumis melo) in the Brazilian semiarid (Araujo et al., 2013). The larvae of this insect consumes the leaf ...

The description of secretory structures in Malvaceae is controversial, and results in conflicting interpretations. Amid conflicting interpretations, therefore, the present study aims to describe the ...

Keeping leaves in your yard can bolster the number and variety of species around — and the perks go beyond just the fall season. By Margaret Roach Coming soon to a backyard near you: leaf drop. What’s ...

Leaves are beautifully specialized organs designed to maximize the use of light and CO₂ for photosynthesis. Engineering leaf anatomy therefore holds great potential to enhance photosynthetic capacity.

The RuBisCO enzyme, the most abundant protein on the planet, is an essential component of photosynthesis, but it isn’t terribly efficient, especially when it gets hot. Over time, some plants evolved a ...

ABSTRACT: The article presents the results of the morpho-anatomical structure of the assimilation organs of the species Salsola leptoclada Gand, which is widespread in the Kyzylkum desert region of ...

Mesophyll conductance, or the ease with which CO 2 can diffuse through a leaf’s cells before reaching the location where it undergoes carbon fixation, plays a key role in photosynthesis. CO 2 faces ...

Fifteen years ago, when the original Nissan Leaf was introduced, it seemed like it would have been the surefire winner of the growing EV wars. That first-generation Leaf was the ultimate way for ...

ABSTRACT: The fixation of leaves of Tanacetum vulgare L. in glutaraldehyde makes it possible to isolate chloroplasts without sacrificing an electron dense substance in the thylakoid lumen. The ...