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Exogenous Melatonin Improves Tolerance to Water Deficit by Promoting Cuticle Formation in Tomato Plants

Molecules, 2018
The plant cuticle, composed of cutin and waxes, is a hydrophobic layer coating the aerial organs of terrestrial plants and playing a critical role in limiting water loss.
Fei Ding, Gang Wang, Meiling Wang, Shuoxin Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a smart skin: Harnessing cuticle biosynthesis for crop adaptation to drought, salinity, temperature, and ultraviolet stress

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation are major environmental factors that adversely affect plant growth and crop production.
Lang Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Cheng Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Function of Cuticular Waxes in Plant Response to Wounding [PDF]

, 2022
Neutral lipids, such as triacylglycerol (TAG) and wax are essential metabolites for plants. TAG is the most abundant storage compound in all eukaryotes. It plays an important role in plant germination but also in lipid homeostasis upon stress. Wax is a mixture of aliphatic compounds, which all together form a hydrophobic film, covering all aerial parts
Lewandowska, Milena, Feußner, Ivo, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Polle, Andrea, Kunst, Ljerka   +4 more
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Resolving Heterogeneity of Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles Through Solution‐Based Biophysical Analyses

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
AF4‐UV‐DLS‐MALS‐SAXS resolves previously inaccessible targeted lipid nanoparticle (tLNP) subpopulations that differ in size, shape, and composition. Correlation of subpopulation‐resolved biophysical properties with in vivo RNA delivery reveals that targeted placental transfection is associated with distinct tLNP subpopulations rather than ensemble ...
Hannah C. Geisler, Hannah C. Safford, Ajay S. Thatte, Marshall S. Padilla, Elisa Battistini, Hannah M. Yamagata, Violet M. Ullman, Alex Chan, Benjamin E. Nachod, Anushka Agrawal, Maxwell B. Watkins, Jesse B. Hopkins, Andrew Tsourkas, Kushol Gupta, Michael J. Mitchell   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cuticular wax composition and crystal coverage of leaves and petals differ in a consistent manner between plant species

Open Biology
Both leaves and petals are covered in a cuticle, which itself contains and is covered by cuticular waxes. The waxes perform various roles in plants’ lives, and the cuticular composition of leaves has received much attention.
Sverre Aarseth Tunstad, Ian D. Bull, Sean A. Rands, Heather M. Whitney   +3 more
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Tribological application and mechanism of epicuticular wax

Friction, 2018
The plant cuticle is a complex mixture of omnipresent, commonly monofunctional, fatty acid derivatives and taxon-specific, generally bifunctional, specialty compounds. This study explored expanded applications for these substances.
Xuwen Zhong, Yanqiu Xia, Xin Feng
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

β-diketone accumulation in response to drought stress is weakened in modern bread wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum L.)

Frontiers in Plant Science
Cuticular waxes coating leaf surfaces can help plants tolerate drought events by reducing non-stomatal water loss. Despite their role in drought tolerance, little is known about how cuticular wax composition has changed during breeding in Canadian bread ...
Aswini Kuruparan, Aswini Kuruparan, Aswini Kuruparan, Peng Gao, Raju Soolanayakanahally, Santosh Kumar, Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, Eliana Gonzales-Vigil   +7 more
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Residual transpiration as a component of salinity stress tolerance mechanism: a case study for barley

BMC Plant Biology, 2017
Background While most water loss from leaf surfaces occurs via stomata, part of this loss also occurs through the leaf cuticle, even when the stomata are fully closed.
Md. Hasanuzzaman, Noel W. Davies, Lana Shabala, Meixue Zhou, Tim J. Brodribb, Sergey Shabala   +5 more
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