On the lower half of the leaf are spongy mesophyll cells. These have air spaces between them to let gases flow. The stomata - tiny openings or pores – allow gases such as carbon dioxide and ...

It does this through stomata. These are tiny holes in the leaf surface that can be opened and sealed shut using special 'guard' cells. If we can find out exactly how stomatal index relates to these ...

How do plants breathe through stomata? Key regulators of stomata are plant vacuoles, fluid-filled organelles bound by a single membrane called the tonoplast. Plant vacuoles are fluid-filled ...

A colorized electron microscope image of a tomato leaf stoma. Credit ... a type of organelle found in plant cells. While these resemble the mitochondria found in animal cells, chloroplasts ...

It does this through stomata. These are tiny holes in the leaf surface that can be opened and sealed shut using special 'guard' cells. If we can find out exactly how stomatal index relates to these ...