Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles. These proteins not only sustain seedling growth but also serve as a major ...

Bordered pits are cavities in the thick secondary cell walls of both vessels and tracheids that are essential components in the water-transport system of higher plants. The pit membrane ...

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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated in an intact plant a long-contested process that allows some plants to rebound from extended ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably ... This coupling leads to loss-free energy transport in the molecule. The system then relaxes through "cooling," i.e ...

This study closely examined the differences in voltage caused by the concentrations of ions, types of ions, and pH of the fluid plants transport ... nature-inspired systems that can address ...