Plant cuticles, comprising cutin and an array of wax compounds, serve as an essential barrier that regulates water loss, gas exchange and provides defence against environmental stressors. The ...

Bringing biological plant health products to market might not be as time-consuming as their synthetic peers, but that doesn’t ...

By Kristine Sabillo Most plants get their coloration from pigments, but an endangered South African cycad gets its unique silvery-blue hue from wax crystals and an underlying chlorophyll-rich layer, ...

Microplastics are no longer just an ocean pollutant—they are increasingly found in agricultural soils and even inside plants, ...