An international research team led by researchers at VIB-UGent has unraveled how the opening and closing of stomata—tiny pores on leaves—is regulated in response to high temperatures and drought.

This is the basis for the opening and closing of a stoma, known as stomatal movement, which controls gas exchange necessary for photosynthesis and limits water loss. How do guard cells change ...

revealing that not all stomata can be open all the time, as that would dry out the plant. That's why it needs to open and close its tiny, little mouths over and over again, the same way we might ...

In plants, guard cells control the stomatal opening by expanding and contracting through ion flux. When a plant senses light, a signal is sent to the guard cell to increase its ion content, which ...

their numbers, density and distribution on upper and lower surfaces numbers that are open and closed at any ... change Below are two methods with which stomata can be counted.

This is the basis for the opening and closing of a stoma, known as stomatal movement, which controls gas exchange necessary for photosynthesis and limits water loss. How do guard cells change ...