The Anatomy of Woody Plants

Woody Anatomy of Platyopuntias

Electrophysiology of Woody Plants

A fundamental property of all living organisms is related to the continuous gathering of environmental information and the expression of physiological responses aimed to optimize its performance under new environmental conditions. In order to keep homeostasis, plants need to continuously gather information about its environment and to react physiologically, in order to synchronize its normal bi...

Cold Hardiness of Woody Plants

stresses caused by their freezing and thawing. A key difference between a hardy plant and a non-hardy plant is believed to be where the ice forms in freezing: inside the living cells or outside of them. If ice forms inside of cells, it is almost always fatal to them, and this is probably the principal cause of frost kill in non-hardy plants. Normally hardy tissue may be killed by moderate tempe...

The human dimensions of invasive woody plants

This review of the human dimensions of invasive woody plants investigates the history and purposes of introductions, people’s perceptions of alien and invasive species and the impact of invasives on human activities. A perusal of the literature indicates that all aspects of the human dimensions of alien woody plants are highly varied and some are still poorly documented. Changes in the usage of...

Nonstructural carbon in woody plants.

Nonstructural carbon (NSC) provides the carbon and energy for plant growth and survival. In woody plants, fundamental questions about NSC remain unresolved: Is NSC storage an active or passive process? Do older NSC reserves remain accessible to the plant? How is NSC depletion related to mortality risk? Herein we review conceptual and mathematical models of NSC dynamics, recent observations and ...