A Japanese plant species with a peculiar leaf pattern recently revealed unexpected insight into how almost all plants control their leaf arrangement. Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn ...
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, No. 4 (Apr., 2001), pp. 634-645 (12 pages) This study assessed the levels of damage by leaf pathogens and their variability in terms of host species, space (four ...
Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...