AMES, Iowa – Scientists are working to bioengineer a common defense mechanism that most plants develop naturally to protect against drought, insects and other environmental stresses. The goal is to ...
The cuticle –the outermost part of a plant, which acts as interphase between the plant and the environment– is becoming increasingly important in agriculture. It has already been shown that the ...
Sergey Kurdyukou, Andrea Faust, Christiane Nawrath, Sascha Bär, Derry Voisin, Nadia Efremova, Rochus Franke, Lukas Schreiber, Heinz Saedler, Jean-Pierre Métraux and Alexander Yephremov The outermost ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The identification and duplication of a gene that controls production of plants' outermost protective coating may allow Purdue University researchers to create crops with ...
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 55, No. 8 (Sep., 1968), pp. 975-983 (9 pages) Study of the pear leaf cuticle (Pyrus communis L. 'Bartlett'), in both intact and enzymatically isolated forms, has ...
Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent nematode found in soil, researchers found ...
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