Relieving the transfusion tissue traffic jam: a network model of radial transport in conifer needles
M. H. Mai, C. Gao, P. A. R. Bork, N. M. Holbrook, A. Schulz, T. Bohr
The paper develops a network model to show how transfusion tissue in conifer needles facilitates radial transport of sugar and water by separating their pathways, mitigating flow bottlenecks.
bioRxiv · Apr 19, 2024Plant Biology