shoot

Also known as shoots, plant shoot

young stem or branch

AI overview

A shoot is a young stem or branch that grows from a plant. It matters because shoots are how plants grow outward and upward, eventually developing into the main stems and branches that support leaves, flowers, and seeds.

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Research

50,660 papers

A single-cell analysis of the Arabidopsis vegetative shoot apex.Developmental cell · 2021
Bamboo shoot preservation for enhancing its business potential and local economy: a review.Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2012
The endodermis and shoot gravitropism.Trends in plant science · 1999
Cytokinins and shoot development.Trends in plant science · 2003
Root-to-Shoot Long-Distance Mobile miRNAs Identified from Nicotiana Rootstocks.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021

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In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages like leaves, lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in herbaceous plants or the new stem or flower growth that grows on woody plants.

In everyday speech, shoots are often synonymous with stems. Stems, which are an integral component of shoots, provide an axis for buds, fruits, and leaves.