Leaves from different plants vary in photosynthetic capacity and in the carbon expended on growth and maintenance. Photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen concentration, longevity, and susceptibility to ...

• Background and Aims Cables composed of long, non-lignified fibre cells enclosed in a cover of much shorter thinwalled, crystal-containing cells traverse the air chambers (lacunae) in leaves of the ...

One of the artificial leaves floating on the River Cam near the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge. Photo: Virgil Andrei What if we could copy how plants create their own energy—and use it to power our ...

A scanning electron microscope reveals nematodes (highlighted in green) inside the spongy mesophyll of a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf infected with beech leaf disease (BLD). Eggs are marked ...