Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

their numbers, density and distribution on upper and lower surfaces numbers that are open and closed at any time adaptations ... are two methods with which stomata can be counted.

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment developed a new laser-based method for observing how plants adjust the pressure within their cells in response to the ...

The plant has hormones that regulate whether the guard cells are keeping the stomata open or closed. However, certain bacteria can hack this system. Another key player in this evolutionary back ...

In this field of view, there are 12 stomata - nine open and three closed. The images show the fields of view of a plant leaf viewed with a microscope. Count the number of stomata in each sample.