The Würzburg plant scientists were right ... we also observed the subsequent reaction in the guard cells, the swelling of the anion current," explains Huang. As with the calcium transients ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

Plant vacuoles are fluid-filled organelles ... A special feature of guard cells is that they can increase or decrease their volume, thereby changing their shape. This is the basis for the opening ...

Gas exchange between the plant and the atmosphere takes place through the stomata, which consist in two bean-shaped guard cells surrounding a pore. (a) Malate and Cl − efflux from the guard ...

Our research group studies stomatal function at a molecular level to uncover mechanisms by which guard cells sense and respond to environmental ... Our research expands to the study of plant stress ...