Category: Plant Cell Walls
“Unzipped”: How Plants Grow – Part 3
Under Pressure: How Plants Grow – Part 2
How Plants Grow
Plant Growth = Plant Cell Enlargement. The tallest trees in the world are the California coast redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens), which can grow to over 100 meters (328 feet) tall. That’s higher than a 30-story building. These huge trees can grow so big mainly because their growing cells can enlarge…
Will Frenzied Plant Growth Mitigate Global Warming?
Out-Of-Control Plants? A couple of reports in the science news a few years ago seemed to suggest that one way to cope with global climate change may be unbridled plant growth. One such report involved the discovery of a cellular regulator for the synthesis of cellulose by plant cells. The…
Letting Go Is Never Easy – How Plants Shed Their Leaves (And Other Unwanted Parts)
New Uses For Plants: Cattail Insulation and Fungal “Styrofoam™”
How Stress Shapes Plants
To make complex organisms takes specialized cells. Animals and flowering plants require specialized cells with distinct abilities in order to accomplish higher order functions – such as vision or flowering. It’s somewhat like a symphony orchestra. The orchestra integrates different musicians playing different instruments. The characteristic sounds of the instruments…
Self-Digesting Plants = The Ultimate Solution to Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass?
“Unzipped”: How Plants Grow – Part 3
Under Pressure: How Plants Grow – Part 2
How Plants Grow

Plant Growth = Plant Cell Enlargement. The tallest trees in the world are the California coast redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens), which can grow to over 100 meters (328 feet) tall. That’s higher than a 30-story building. These huge trees can grow so big mainly because their growing cells can enlarge…
Will Frenzied Plant Growth Mitigate Global Warming?
Out-Of-Control Plants? A couple of reports in the science news a few years ago seemed to suggest that one way to cope with global climate change may be unbridled plant growth. One such report involved the discovery of a cellular regulator for the synthesis of cellulose by plant cells. The…
Letting Go Is Never Easy – How Plants Shed Their Leaves (And Other Unwanted Parts)
New Uses For Plants: Cattail Insulation and Fungal “Styrofoam™”
How Stress Shapes Plants

To make complex organisms takes specialized cells. Animals and flowering plants require specialized cells with distinct abilities in order to accomplish higher order functions – such as vision or flowering. It’s somewhat like a symphony orchestra. The orchestra integrates different musicians playing different instruments. The characteristic sounds of the instruments…