Just a note to say the March issue of Annals of Botany is now available. The March 2010 volume will available with free access to papers shortly.

Helical cell wall thickenings in Aspleniaceae Extraxylary helical cell wall thickenings (HCWTs) in vascular plants are not well documented. Leroux et al. study their occurrence and composition in the root cortex of the fern family Aspleniaceae and show that these walls are non-lignified, but are rich in cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectins. Moreover, the occurrence of [...]