New University of Arizona research indicates that leaf vein patterns correlate with functions such as carbon intake and water use -- knowledge that could help scientists better understand the complex ...

Elastic stresses may play a crucial role in determining a leaf's venation pattern, according to a new study. Biologists have developed a model that reproduces statistical properties of venation ...

Tree branches have inspired efficient transit networks, but a new study finds inspiration in leaves. The curvy, connected leaf veins found in some plants are an efficient way to circumvent damaged ...

UCLA life scientists have discovered new laws that determine the construction of leaf vein systems as leaves grow and evolve. These easy-to-apply mathematical rules can now be used to better predict ...

University of Alberta scientists say they have determined, in part, how patterns on leaves are formed. "For years people have been trying to understand this beautiful formation," said Enrico Scarpella ...

Plant biologists are facing pressure to quantify the response of plants to changing environments and to breed plants that can respond to such changes. One method of monitoring the response of plants ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In monocotyledons, the leaf vascular network consists of a hierarchical sequence of vertical vascular bundles and numerous transverse veins ...

Leaf-mining Stilbosis quadricustatella larvae are distributed non-randomly within leaves of their host plants, sand live oak (Quercus geminata) and water oak (Q. nigra), in north Florida. Fewer mines ...

Science isn't only about explaining what hasn't yet been explained. Old explanations accumulate their own inertia. It's easy to keep tweaking a familiar and trusted theory, seeking the elusive ...