Scientists have determined how key developmental genes influence growth of cells to produce such differences in leaf form. The researchers were able to make thale cress, which typically produces ...

Two physicists from the Technical University of Denmark have found that leaf shape is a determining factor in the distance leaves travel as they fall from their tree. In their paper published in the ...

Brassica crops, such as B. rapa, often display variations in leaf shape, including entire or lobed leaves, which significantly impact their adaptability and agricultural utility. Lobed leaves offer ...

We can find all kinds of leaves on our planet. Just think of tiny pine needles, fern fronds, ivy vines or a big banana leaf. My friend Eric Roalson is a professor at Washington State University who is ...

Watery adaptation: The structure and shape of lotus leaves growing on water (left) and above it (right) is influenced by mechanical forces. (Courtesy: F Xu/Fudan University) When the leaves of the ...

Newswise — Using five distinct tea cultivars, researchers combined metabolomic profiling, metagenomics, and machine learning to identify eight key microbial genes associated with leaf secondary ...

The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them particularly resilient to changes in fluid volume. A similar cell shape also ...

11-Dec-2025 9:35 PM EST, by Chinese Academy of Sciences "These findings highlight a pivotal genetic pathway that regulates a crucial agricultural trait in Brassica species," said Dr. Limin Hu, ...