One goes up... and one goes down. I was a college freshman in Botany 101 when I first learned about xylem and phloem, the two transport tissues which carry water and nutrients up and down a tree's ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 40, No. 219 (October 1989), pp. 1069-1078 (10 pages) The minute changes in volume of a grape berry which occur from hour to hour were measured non-destructively in ...

Leaf vasculature plays a pivotal role in nutrient transport and leaf morphology. A new study in Brassica rapa reveals the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Phloem versus xylem water and carbon flow between a developing daughter cladode (flattened stem segment) and the underlying basal cladode of ...

Identifying phloem in a conifer stem cross-section requires careful observation and attention to several key characteristics. These features, when considered together, can help differentiate phloem ...

I'm here to remind you that when you eat a banana, you should also eat those stringy white parts-which are technically called "phloem bundles"-that people usually remove and throw away. What exactly ...