Leaf development

Latest research

1. Variation in leaf shape affects the validity of the leaf area and length square-law relationship: evidence from the bamboo Semiarundinaria densiflora

   • Hanzhou Qiu
   • Peijian Shi
   • Karl J. Niklas

   in Trees

   Article 16 May 2026

   

2. Quantitative discrimination of Ardisia species using elliptic Fourier analysis of leaf outlines

   • Manash Baruah
   • Bhaskar Dowarah
   • Bijoy Neog

   in Plant Biosystems

   Article 13 May 2026

   

3. Elastic rebound engineering via leaf venation mimicry: boosting droplet spreading for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators

   • Zhengnan Sun
   • Xu Zeng
   • Yi Zhang

   in Microsystems & Nanoengineering

   Article Open access 12 May 2026

   

4. An adaptive attention-based multimodal deep learning framework integrating RGB and thermal imaging for robust leaf segmentation in real-world environments

   • Ankur Kulhari
   • Sanjeev Patwa

   in International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management

   Article 12 May 2026

   

5. Reticulate leaf venation in Pilea peperomioides is a Voronoi diagram

   • CiCi Xingyu Zheng
   • Shirsa Palit
   • Saket Navlakha

   in Nature Communications

   Article Open access 12 May 2026

   

6. Leaf temperature and its departure from ambient air temperature

   • Xu Lian
   • Jiamen JiJi
   • Pierre Gentine

   in Nature Plants

   Article 08 May 2026

   

7. Fine mapping of the TdHLS gene controlling hairy leaf sheath from wild emmer wheat

   • Nannan Liu
   • Wenxin Wei
   • Chaojie Xie

   in Theoretical and Applied Genetics

   Article 30 April 2026

   

8. ABC transporter BrABCG12 mutation results in tender green glossy leaves in Chinese cabbage

   • Zhichao Gong
   • Gengxing Song
   • Hui Feng

   in Theoretical and Applied Genetics

   Article 27 April 2026

   

9. TaGα knockout in wheat causes early heading and short organ length, with dose-dependent effects through various pathways

   • Yun Li
   • Wenwen Zhao
   • Baolong Liu

   in Theoretical and Applied Genetics

   Article 24 April 2026

   

10. ZmDRL1 regulates maize leaf angle via phytohormone signaling

    • Jianwen Bian
    • Xiangzhuo Ji
    • Yunling Peng

    in Plant Cell Reports

    Article 21 April 2026

    

11. Functional and evolutionary significance of the unique lime-secreting hydathodes and amphistomatic leaves in Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae)

    • Natalia Tkach
    • Emmily Richter
    • Martin Röser

    in Planta

    Article Open access 20 April 2026

    

12. Distribution and Occurrence of Microplastics in Foliar Deposition Across Tree Species in Lahore

    • Muhammad Shahid
    • Sidra Farooq
    • Abdul Qadir

    in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

    Article 15 April 2026

    

13. Growth history leaves a geometric trace in puzzle cells

    • Nicola Trozzi
    • Brendan Lane
    • Mateusz Majda

    in EMBO Reports

    Article Open access 15 April 2026

    

14. Modularity within a leaf: contrasting patterns of symmetry and integration in leaf outlines and venation of Acer campestre

    • Jiri Neustupa
    • Klara Figallova

    in Plant Biosystems

    Article 13 April 2026

    

15. Effect of Tree Age on Leaf Nutrient, Flowering, Physiological and Fruit-Related Traits in ‘Amrapali’ Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Under an Intensive Planting System

    • Harshit Kumar
    • Manish Srivastav
    • V. K. Sharma

    in Applied Fruit Science

    Article 13 April 2026

    

16. MFDP-LeafNet: A few-shot learning method for plant species classification using multi-feature and historical dynamic prototypical network

    • Md Ismail Hossen
    • Mohammad Awrangjeb
    • Abdullah Al Mamun

    in Multimedia Tools and Applications

    Article Open access 12 April 2026

    

17. Validation of LEAF GUI: an automated tool for quantifying leaf vein density in Magnoliaceae

    • Xuchen Guo
    • Qinyue Miao
    • Jianhui Xue

    in Trees

    Article 09 April 2026

    

18. Divergence in the sensitivity of woody leaf unfolding phenology to daytime and nighttime temperatures

    • Peiyang Yu
    • Xiaojuan Tong
    • Peirong Liu

    in Ecological Processes

    Article Open access 08 April 2026

    

19. Temperature as an Indicator of Water Stress in Leaves and Plants: Leaf-Scale to Field-Scale

    • Rather Laasani Sanya Shabir
    • Shivani Chauhan
    • Navneet Kumar

    in Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

    Article 03 April 2026

    

20. Computer vision-based leaf morphometry of Indian tea hybrids and related Camellia species

    • Shuvam Datta
    • Pritom Chowdhury
    • Hemanta Saikia

    in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

    Article 02 April 2026