A stoma is a pore, found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that facilitates gas exchange. Stoma may also refer to: Stoma (medicine)...

This is an electron micrograph of the epidermal cells of a Brassica chinensis leaf. The stomates are also visible....

stoma (pl.: stomata, from Greek στόμα, "mouth"), also called a stomate (pl.: stomates), is a pore found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs...

sticticus – stictica – sticticum stoma G στόμα (stóma) mouth, opening stomate, Gnathostomata striatus L striped African striped skink, Trachylepis striata;...

vascular tissue throughout the plant. The plant does this by closing its stomates overnight, which halts the flow of transpiration. This then allows for...

branchlets are segmented at each whorl with deep furrows that conceal the stomates. Male flowers are arranged along branchlets in spikes with persistent bracteoles...

The germ tubes would be formed and then invade into the plant tissue via stomates. After infection, there would be oil spots on the leaf surface. Active...

ethylene, Abscisic acid and cytokinin. Atmospheric nitric oxide can enter the stomates of most vascular species, and can have effects ranging from leaf blemishing...

sporangia are found at the tips of sporangiophores that emerge through the stomates. Sporangia release zoospores which require water for transport. Zoospores...

to 2.2 in) and a width of 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in) and have many stomates. The phyllodes are sparsely hairy and have six to ten parallel, longitudinal...

the flower. The fungus enters the plant through natural openings such as stomates, and needs soft tissue such as the flowers, anthers and embryo to infect...

clades, which they name "/Cryptostomata" ("hidden stomates") and "/Phanerostomata" ("visible stomates"). Their results also strongly suggest that Banksia...

the plant to survive under low water conditions. However, closing the stomates can also lead to low photosynthetic rates because of limited CO2 uptake...

that penetration through wounds and stomates can occur. The conidiophores then develop through the collapsed stomates. Conidiophores are 12 to 50 micrometers...

the species, is characterized by highly reduced features, lacking both stomates and a continuous vascular cylinder. The lack of chloroplast genes has caused...

on the obvious accumulation of the nematodes on and within artificial stomates expelling CO2. This suggests these nematodes are able to locate stomata...

dioxide is generally directly dependent on the degree of opening of the stomates, since the internal resistance to this gas is low. Sulfite is highly soluble...

are added. The increase in overall organelles and cell area cause more stomates to form and more light to be utilized. Different types of plants tend to...

and the leaves themselves are somewhat stiff. Leaves also have sunken stomates. The leaf undersurface is white with a prominent midrib covered in brownish...

35 in) in length and 3 to 7.5 mm (0.12 to 0.30 in) in width and have many stomates with two obvious main acentral nerves. It blooms from May to July producing...

the mid-vein and the margins, further protecting the surface where the stomates are located, thus minimising water loss. Cladistic analysis suggests this...

and the periderm on the secondary body. A. mali can still penetrate the stomates and hydathodes of leaves. As with most pathogens, Alternaria mali resistance...

through verticutting, cultivation, sand, or through natural openings such as stomates and hydathodes. Once they have successfully entered and colonized the plant...

the roots may be facilitated by "air-borne propagules entering through stomates". In the same study, Sphaerosporella ascocarps were more often observed...

differs in having a more open habit growth pattern, dull stems, sunken stomates, and a typically paler, obtuse capsule. The blue-green coloration is also...

from the ancient Greek hypo meaning "under" and stoma, referring to the stomates being mostly on the lower surface of the leaf. Pokolbin box grows in forest...

this clade was informally named "/Cryptostomata", in reference to the stomates, which are sunken with constricted entrances. Accordingly, in 2007 Mast...

Banksia, which they named "/Cryptostomata" ("hidden stomates") and "/Phanerostomata" ("visible stomates"). The /Phanerostomata were defined as those taxa...