Project ChemicalBlooms: Collaborating with citizen scientists to survey the chemical diversity and phylogenetic distribution of plant epicuticular wax blooms [PDF]
Plant DirectPlants use chemistry to overcome diverse challenges. A particularly striking chemical trait that some plants possess is the ability to synthesize massive amounts of epicuticular wax that accumulates on the plant's surfaces as a white coating visible to ...
Le Thanh Dien Nguyen +5 more
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Molecular genetic and biochemical evidence for adaptive evolution of leaf abaxial epicuticular wax crystals in the genus Lithocarpus (Fagaceae) [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2018 Background Leaf epicuticular wax is an important functional trait for physiological regulation and pathogen defense. This study tests how selective pressure may have forced the trait of leaf abaxial epicuticular wax crystals (LAEWC) and whether the ...
Chih-Kai Yang +6 more
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Integrated Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, and Ultrastructural Assessment of the Myco‐Heterotrophic Plant, Monotropa uniflora [PDF]
Plant DirectABSTRACT A systems biology approach was used to characterize Monotropa uniflora, a nonhotosynthetic, myco‐heterotrophic plant. In contrast to autotrophic plants, myco‐heterotrophic plants obtain carbon and other nutrients by connecting roots to fungi, which establish the physical connection to a photosynthetic host, and thereby source required ...
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Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2023 Forest fragmentation leads to various environmental problems. It causes edge effects that can decrease biodiversity, promote the growth of lianas, and affect the production of epicuticular wax.
Ramôn da Silva Santos +5 more
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Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022 The cuticle plays an important role in postharvest physiology of fruit, and its microstructure and components could be affected by different postharvest storage conditions.
Sheng CHEN +6 more
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Advanced Science, 2021 Analysis of the epicuticular wax layer on the surface of plant leaves can provide a unique window into plant physiology and responses to environmental stimuli.
Karina Khambatta +10 more
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Response of photosynthesis, the xanthophyll cycle, and wax in Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata L.) seedlings and saplings under high light conditions [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 In order to understand the adaptative changes of the Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidate L.) to high light conditions, this study investigated gas-exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, chlorophyll, and the impact of epicuticular wax on the gas-exchange and ...
Wei Li +5 more
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Leaf Cuticular Transpiration Barrier Organization in Tea Tree Under Normal Growth Conditions
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The cuticle plays a major role in restricting nonstomatal water transpiration in plants. There is therefore a long-standing interest to understand the structure and function of the plant cuticle.
Mingjie Chen +10 more
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Reaction of Coniferous Forest Vegetation to Particulate Deposition Under Alkaline Pressure [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study was to determine direction, rate and character of the changes in coniferous forest communities caused by anthropogenic stress factors (alkaline emission and imission) changing with time.
Świercz, Anna
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Biosystems Diversity, 2020 The interaction of a host plant with pathogen implies an extremely complex process involving the outer waxy layer of the cuticle, cutin, cell membrane, and intracellular structures. However, the initial contact between plants and pathogens takes place in
N. O. Khromykh +6 more
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