We have looked at seeds and roots of plants, and now we are going to study the stems. Plant stems are defined as the axis, or the center portion of the plant, connecting the roots to the branches, ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

(a) Examples of medicinal plants and their meristematic tissues as sources for stem cell generation. (b) Advantages of using medicinal plant stem cells in research and industrial applications. (c) In ...

Plant tissue culture involves cultivating plant cells, tissues, and organs in a nutrient-rich medium using controlled, aseptic techniques. 1 Since its inception in the early 20th century, plant tissue ...

Stem cells have fascinated Emeritus Professor Preethi Udagama and it was when she attended a workshop that she wondered on the use of this valuable material on another aspect of her research, plant ...