List of articles on plants
Plants along mountain streams reduce water flow stress with narrow leaves and flexible petioles; Tokyo City University discovers
A research group at Tokyo City University has revealed that plants along mountain streams reduce water flow stress by softening their petioles.
Shizuoka University discovers Japan's oldest plant fossil from geological formations in Iwate Prefecture
A research group led by Assistant Professor Legrand Julien of Shizuoka University's Faculty of Science, Dr. Maher Ahmed (Graduate School of Science and Technology), and others, conducted research in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture […]
Why is it so rare in nature? Exploring the mystery of the birth of "Jade Flower"
Researchers from the National Museum of Nature and Science, Keio University, Suntory Life Science Foundation, Osaka Public University Botanical Garden, and other institutions […]
Urban weed Oxalis leaves evolve red due to heat islands, discovered by Chiba University
The Chiba University Graduate School of Horticulture has discovered that the leaves of oxalis evolve red and acquire high temperature tolerance due to the high temperature stress caused by the urban heat island.
Japanese vines show different distribution patterns depending on climbing style, research conducted by the University of Tokyo and other researchers reveals
A group from the University of Tokyo and the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute has discovered that the distribution pattern of woody vines, mainly in the temperate regions of the Japanese archipelago, is characterized by a climbing style (climbing […]
Nagoya University and Kyoto Sangyo University clarified the mechanism of stomatal formation suppression after submersion in amphibious plants
A joint research group of Nagoya University and Kyoto Sangyo University* found that in amphibious plants, submersion is quickly detected by ethylene, and leaf stomata are formed […]
Kyoto University and University of Tokyo reveal why petals and sepals have different shapes
A research group from Kyoto University, Kyoto University Graduate School, and Tokyo University Graduate School has found that the petals and sepals, which are organs that have been transformed from leaves, have different shapes […]
World's first identification of plant carbon dioxide sensor, Nagoya University, etc.
Project Associate Professor Yohei Takahashi of Nagoya University and Professor Julian Schroeder of the University of California, San Diego […]
Saitama University clarifies the mechanism and reason why Ojigisou bows
A research group led by Takuma Hagiwara, a graduate student at Saitama University, is working with the National Institute for Basic Biology to develop long-distance, high-speed […]
The jaggedness of the petals of the white egret flower is supported by the hawk moth that carries pollen, and is elucidated by Kobe University and others.
Research groups at Kobe University Graduate School, Himeji Tegarayama Greenhouse Botanical Garden, and Osaka Museum of Natural History characterize wild orchid flowers of Sagisou […]