Plants are sophisticated organisms ... A fun example of the root to shoot ratio is bonsai, the ancient art of growing miniature trees. Bonsai artists/growers know that to help keep these large ...

and it’ll shoot out and fly through the air, as generations of delighted children have discovered. The Chinese witch hazel plant does the same thing. CreditCredit...By Poppinga Et Al.

But the seeds are also of interest to biophysicists and engineers because witch hazel capsules can shoot them out at incredibly ... you looking at seed-shooting plants?’” ...

The witch hazel plant has quite a unique skill – it's able to shoot out its seeds at a speed of 30 feet (9 m) per second. Scientists now know how the plant does it, and believe that their ...

Plant organ development breakthrough Date: December 3, 2012 Source: Carnegie Institution Summary: Plants grow upward from a tip of undifferentiated tissue called the shoot apical meristem -- some ...

It can then be severed from its parent to produce a new plant. Select a non-flowering shoot that's strong and healthy. It should be low-growing so it can touch the soil surface without breaking.

Interestingly, it has been known for some time that the regulation of these nodules is done in the shoots of the plants, above ground, and that somehow the leaves transmit the information to the ...