The global spectrum of plant form and function Date: January 20, 2016 Source: Università degli Studi di Milano Summary: Do existing plants represent all theoretically possible combinations of ...

Plants come in a multitude of forms, and these forms are both aesthetically arresting and informative. The venation of leaves, the color of flowers, the shape of pollen grains, the structure of fruits ...

Function follows form in plant immunity Date: May 20, 2022 Source: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Summary: Scientists have discovered a novel biochemical mechanism explaining how ...

This diversity of species also reflects diverse forms and functions that define how plants work. Using information of plant function could help predict forests' responses to changing environments.

Biologists and computational scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory recently ...

How plants use foliage to survive is one thing that fascinated him. The function of leaves is to photosynthesise (use sunshine to make nutrients), which involves exchanging gases.

While its role in animals is well understood, itaconate’s presence and function in plants have not been widely studied. For the first time, biologists at the University of California, San Diego ...

Choose plants that clearly look different in plant form, texture, flowering, or foliage color to enhance the interest of the screen from a distance. Some examples of locally desirable hedge plants ...

The authors found that the key elements of plant form and function, analysed at global scale, are largely concentrated into a two-dimensional plane indexed by the size of whole plants and organs ...

Louise’s garden has plant combinations and a visual aesthetic that many lust after – gorgeous small wooden structures + vegies + flowers. It’s really postcard Instagram pretty!