Plants 'breathe' with millions of tiny mouths—lasers illuminate evolution of stomata behavior
Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...
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A video of a tiny plant stoma opening and closing. (VIDEO)
Content is created and owned by Douglas Clark and used with permission granted to NSF. Animated GIF of a plant stoma opening and closing. A video of a tiny plant stoma opening and closing.
Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved
Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends ...
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Plant Vacuoles and the Regulation of Stomatal Opening
How do plants breathe through stomata? Key regulators of stomata are plant vacuoles, fluid-filled organelles bound by a single membrane called the tonoplast. Plant vacuoles are fluid-filled ...