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Detection of Histone Modifications in Plant Leaves
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2011
A reliable and useful approach to detect histone modifications on specific plant genes is described. The approach combines chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and real-time quantitative PCR. It allows detection of histone modifications on specific genes with a role in diverse physiological processes.
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Isolation and Purification of Plant Extracellular Vesicles from Arabidopsis Leaves Using an Optimized Apoplastic Wash Collection Method
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2026
This protocol describes an optimized method for isolating extracellular vesicles (EVs) from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves to support downstream molecular and functional analyses.
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A Spray Inoculation Technique to Establish Fungal Infection in Rice Plant Leaves
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2025
This video demonstrates a technique to establish the pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea infection in rice plant leaves. The fungal conidia suspension is sprayed on sections of rice leaf, and the disease progression is assessed by scoring the formation of necrotic lesions.
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Basic Plant Anatomy: Roots, Stems, and Leaves
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2026
The primary organs of vascular plants are roots, stems, and leaves, but these structures can be highly variable, adapted for the specific needs and environment of different plant species. Roots While roots are most often found underground, this is not universally the case. Aerial roots are any roots that emerge aboveground. Epiphytic plants, such as orchids, can live their entire lives without touching soil. Other types of aerial roots, such as those of the strangler fig or banyan, germinate...
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The Infiltration-centrifugation Technique for Extraction of Apoplastic Fluid from Plant Leaves Using Phaseolus vulgaris as an Example
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Cited by 100 •
2014
This protocol details the optimized extraction of apoplast washing fluid from plant leaves, using French bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a model example.
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Within a leaf, chlorophyll absorbs light energy, while stomata regulate the movement of gases and water vapor at the surface. Carbon dioxide enters through these openings, oxygen exits, and transpiration removes water. This coordination links light capture with gas exchange and water regulation, allowing the leaf to support sugar production without treating these functions as separate processes.
Leaf veins provide an internal transport network with two complementary roles. They bring water and minerals into the leaf, supplying materials needed for its activities, and they distribute sugars from the leaf to other parts of the plant. This arrangement connects leaf-level photosynthetic activity with the nutritional demands of the wider plant.
Leaf structure changes with light, temperature, and water availability, so its form can reveal environmental adaptation. Comparing leaves from different conditions helps researchers connect structural variation with the challenges plants face, including energy capture and water management. In biology, these comparisons provide evidence that leaves are shaped by the environments in which plants grow.
Researchers can use leaves to investigate photosynthesis, plant physiology, ecology, crop improvement, and responses to environmental stress. Leaf traits also provide a way to examine how light, temperature, and water availability relate to plant structure. Together, these lines of study connect cellular processes, whole-plant function, environmental adaptation, and ecosystem productivity.
By converting carbon dioxide and water into sugars using light energy, leaves contribute to the production of organic material that supports plant growth. Their gas exchange and water regulation also influence how plants interact with surrounding conditions. For ecology, these functions make leaf activity relevant to understanding productivity across plant communities and ecosystems.
Leaf research supports crop improvement by examining plant structure and function alongside responses to light, temperature, and water availability. It also helps characterize environmental stress responses, revealing how changing conditions affect leaves and, by extension, plant functioning. These findings give biology a basis for comparing plants and identifying features relevant to agricultural and ecological research.