This may mark the second year in a row that Joliet's first-term mayor has chosen not to give a presentation aimed at Joliet's residents.

For each plant, the growth habit, internode length, stem shape, branching pattern, leaf size and shape, angle to the stem, and arrangement of the organs all contribute to the architecture.

These leaf scans were taken from the first viable (not dead or dried out) leaf above the 4th internode from points near the center, but not along the central vein. At each timepoint, five plants from ...

and the length of stem between nodes is called an internode. The term ‘axil’ refers to the upper angle formed by the junction of a leaf (or lateral) with the stem (Tootil and Blackmore 1984). After ...

From horticulture to hardwoods, Pennsylvania's diverse plant industries have a new base of support with the launch of the ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder ...

French philosopher Henri Bergson is quoted as saying, “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” ...