Wood is an important building material, carbon store, climate proxy and, together with the phloem, enables the efficient transport of water, nutrients andmetabolites along plants’ axes. Secondary ...

Specialised plant cells include root hair cells, palisade cells, xylem cells and phloem cells. Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a ...

A root system consists of a complex network ... Refilling embolized xylem conduits: Is it a matter of phloem unloading? Plant Science 180, 604-611 (2011). Sack, L. & Holbrook, N.

Our group is studying the development of vascular cambium by using Arabidopsis thaliana root as a model. Vascular cambium produces xylem (wood) and phloem, and together with the cork cambium, which ...