“Neither you nor I nor anyone know, how oats, peas, beans, and barley grow.” Like all fine nursery rhymes, this couplet rings true, but a new study brings us a step closer to being able to retort: “Do so!”
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Baskin, T. Plant cell growth: Cellulose caught slipping. Nature Plants 3, 17063 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.63
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