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 …

Plants exhibit reproducible timing of developmental events at multiple scales, from switches
in cell identity to maturation of the whole plant. Control of developmental timing likely …

Evolutionary developmental biology (evo‐devo) explores the link between developmental
patterning and phenotypic change through evolutionary time. In this review, we highlight the …

Plant vascular tissues are crucial for the long-distance transport of water, nutrients, and a
multitude of signal molecules throughout the plant body and, therefore, central to plant …

A function from the domain (x-set) to the codomain (y-set) connects each x element to
precisely one y element. Since each x-point originating from the domain corresponds to two …

Wood constitutes the largest reservoir of terrestrial biomass. Composed of xylem, it arises
from one side of the vascular cambium, a bifacial stem cell niche that also produces phloem …

Auxin signaling and patterning is an inherently complex process, involving polarized auxin
transport, metabolism, and signaling, its effect on developmental zones, as well as growth …

Robust regulation of cell division is central to the formation of complex multi-cellular
organisms and is a hallmark of stem cell activity. In plants, due to the absence of cell …

Resilient plant growth depends on the function of meristems, including the shoot apical
meristem (SAM), the root apical meristem (RAM), and lateral meristems. The vascular …

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 …