The vascular system plays pivotal roles in transporting water and nutrients throughout the
plant body. Primary vasculature is established as a continuous strand, which subsequently …

Precise organization of growing structures is a fundamental process in developmental
biology. In plants, radial growth is mediated by the cambium, a stem cell niche continuously …

* Corresponding authors: Makoto Hayashi, E-mail, makoto. hayashi@ riken. jp; Ari Pekka M
̈ah ̈onen, E-mail, aripekka. mahonen@ helsinki. fi; Hitoshi Sakakibara, E-mail, sakaki …

Vascular cambium in tree species is a cylindrical domain of meristematic cells that are
responsible for producing secondary xylem (also called wood) inward and secondary …

Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a global bacterial threat for a diversity of plants, including olive trees.
However, current understanding of host responses upon Xf-infection is limited to allow early …

Wood is an abundant and essential renewable resource whose production is threatened in
some parts of the world by drought. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms …

Secondary growth contributes to the production of most of the plant biomass by deposition of
cell-wall material within the secondary xylem. Secondary xylem not only functions as a …

Wood of broad-leaf tree species is a valued source of renewable biomass for biorefinery and
a target for genetic improvement efforts to reduce its recalcitrance. Glucuronoxylan (GX) …

Plants produce the major part of terrestrial biomass and are long-term deposits of
atmospheric carbon. This capacity is to a large extent due to radial growth of woody species …

Stem cells have fascinated humans for a long time because of their fundamental importance
in building and sustaining many forms of life. Stem cells are able to divide and maintain …