New research from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge has shed light on how plants precisely control ...

New research has shed light on how plants precisely control their growth and development, revealing that seemingly similar molecular components fulfill surprisingly different jobs.

Plant cells placed in a solution with an equal water concentration to the contents of their cytoplasm and vacuole (dilute sugar solution) will not experience an overall change in volume.

This process is called plasmolysis. The cell becomes flaccid and the plant wilts. Turgid close turgidEnlarged and swollen with water. Having turgor. Description of a plant cell in which the ...

Most land plants form mutually beneficial symbioses with fungi. The plant and the fungus exchange vital nutrients. A team led ...

who first proposed in the 1960s to widespread criticism the theory that all modern plant cells derived from such a symbiotic union, notes biologist Frederick Spiegel of the University of Arkansas ...

Traffic lights signal to cars and buses when to stop, slow and go. Much like traffic lights, plant cells send signals to each other to perform photosynthesis to grow or fight off destructive viruses ...

Learn how cell function depends on a diverse group of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and sugars. Plant Cells, Chloroplasts, and Cell Walls Plant cells have some specialized properties that make ...