New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

Microplastics can also travel to and enter the plant’s water- and nutrient-transporting system (called the vascular bundle) and from there reach other tissues. Trichomes are ‘sinks’ for external ...

Japan’s Nagoya University researchers have recently identified a completely new plant tissue, something that has eluded ...