The periderm acts as armor protecting the plant's inner tissues from biotic and abiotic stress.
It forms during the radial thickening of plant organs such as stems and roots and replaces …

Plants have evolved a multitude of strategies to adjust their growth according to external and
internal signals. Interconnected metabolic and phytohormonal signalling networks allow …

Vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells, which produce secondary xylem to one side
and secondary phloem to the other. However, how these fate decisions are regulated is …

Background Xylem, the most abundant tissue on Earth, is responsible for lateral growth in
plants. Typical xylem has a radial system composed of ray parenchyma cells and an axial …

The evolution of the plant vascular system is a key process in Earth history because it
enabled plants to conquer land and transform the terrestrial surface. Among the vascular …

Stem cell populations in meristematic tissues at distinct locations in the plant body provide
the potency of continuous plant growth. Primary meristems, at the apices of the plant body …

Secondary xylem and phloem originate from a lateral meristem called the vascular cambium
that consists of one to several layers of meristematic cells. Recent lineage tracing studies …

Wood is the most abundant biomass produced by land plants and is mainly used for timber,
pulping, and paper making. Wood (secondary xylem) is derived from vascular cambium, and …

Plant secondary growth, which is the basis of wood formation, includes the production of
secondary xylem, which is derived from meristematic cambium cells embedded in vascular …

Forests are not only the most predominant of the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems, but are also
the core supply for essential products for human use. However, global climate change and …