What are some interesting and unusual shoot adaptations in the plant kingdom? What are some examples of convergent evolution in shoot structure?

Abstract—Shoot growth in shrubs is often overlooked as an impor- tant component of phenological development in woody plants. How-. Traditionally, plants from field collections have been introduced into tissue culture for a multiplication step prior to shoot tip excision. We have compared ... Apr 8, 2014 ... A University of Queensland study has overturned the long-held belief that plant hormones control the shape of plant growth. Jan 23, 2025 ... From root to shoot: How silicon powers plant resilience ... image: Researchers from Japan have discovered, Shoot-Silicon-Signal (SSS), a protein ... Feb 1, 2011 ... ... shoot area of plants in the images. However, the estimation error ... For the proposed method in this study, we modeled the plant shoot dry weight ... Jan 26, 2025 ... The NSF funded ROOT & SHOOT project has had a busy year this year! As we are finalizing our plans for the final two years of the grant period, ... Second flushes of late-season shoot growth from bursting of current- year buds occur fairly commonly in certain species of forest trees. Lammas shoots result ... Abstract: The shoot apical meristem of flowering plants is the stem cell niche that is the source of the above-ground parts of the plant, including stem, ... A shoot is made up of a central axis called the stem, and components that grow from specific places on that stem. The stem can be tall and thick in diameter, ... When starting from a new planting or small plant division you can expect to see new shoots grow only slightly taller than the previous year's canes. If the ...