A root system consists of a complex network ... Zwieniecki, M. A. Vascular Transport in Plants. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. Javot, H. & Maurel, C. The role of aquaporins in ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Circulatory System of Plants ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 200 No. 2 (February 1959), p. 44 doi:10.1038 ...

or are translocated systemically via the vascular system. Plant mobile RNAs, either small non-coding RNAs or long transcripts, have been identified as key players in a variety of developmental ...

Many scientists define intelligence as having a central nervous system, where electrical signals pass along messages to other nerves to process information. Instead, plants have a vascular system ...

The transformation is not as far-fetched as it may seem. A plant’s vascular system transmits chemical signals much as electronic circuits transmit currents. To merge the two, physicist Eleni ...