Plant cell walls provide structural support for growth and serve as a barrier for pathogen
attack. Plant cell walls are also a source of renewable biomass for conversion to biofuels …

Woody plants are characterised by a highly complex vascular system, wherein the
secondary xylem (wood) is responsible for the axial transport of water and various …

Cambial development in the stems of perennial woody species is rigorously regulated by
phytohormones. Auxin and gibberellin (GA) play crucial roles in stimulating cambial activity …

Stem vascular cambium cells in forest trees produce wood for materials and energy. WOX4
affects the proliferation of such cells in Populus. Here we show that Ptr WOX4a is the most …

High‐throughput single‐cell RNA sequencing (scRNA‐seq) has advantages over traditional
RNA‐seq to explore spatiotemporal information on gene dynamic expressions in …

Vascular plants reinforce the cell walls of the different xylem cell types with lignin phenolic
polymers. Distinct lignin chemistries differ between each cell wall layer and each cell type to …

Drought stress is one of the major limiting factors for the growth and development of
perennial trees. Xylem vessels act as the center of water conduction in woody species, but …

Background Rhizodeposits regulate rhizosphere interactions, processes, nutrient and
energy flow, and plant-microbe communication and thus play a vital role in maintaining soil …

The Populus shoot undergoes primary growth (longitudinal growth) followed by secondary
growth (radial growth), which produces biomass that is an important source of energy …

Plant secondary growth derives from the meristematic activity of the vascular cambium. In
Arabidopsis thaliana, cell divisions in the cambium are regulated by the transcription factor …