"The design mimics the structure of leaf veins," said Li Xiaofei, a member of the team, "which balances the strength and ...

The battles among plants have changed their stems and their veins. Leaves with more veins can carry more water to the chloroplasts, allowing the chloroplasts to make more sugar and the plants to ...

Darkened, thickened bands between leaf veins—seen here on an American beech leaf—are characteristic symptoms of beech leaf disease (BLD). First detected in northeastern Ohio in 2012, BLD has ...

Both plantains have leaf veins that go down the length of the leaf, which is different to many broad-leaved species where leaf veins usually radiate out to the sides of leaves. The plantains tend not ...

Vascular tissue in the midrib and veins Branches of the xylem, to transport water and minerals to the leaf. Branches of the phloem. To transport glucose and other products of photosynthesis to ...