Yandeau-Nelson and students in her lab will grow and examine the plant roots to identify how different gene combinations contribute to the cuticle and other plant characteristics. Rajib Sahah, ...

The difference in the mutant Arabidopsis when compared to a wild-type, or normal, plant is the plants' ability to retain water. This is apparently because the mutation, called wax2, has a different ...

ABSTRACT Cuticle thickness affects dynamics of volatile emission from petunia flowers Pan Liao, Shaunak Ray, Benoît Boachon, Joseph H. Lynch, Arnav Deshpande, Scott McAdam, John A. Morgan, and Natalia ...

Scientists draw inspiration from catchweed to create biodegradable Velcro Artificial micro-hook structure enables the creation of microdevices for monitoring plants.

Compared to beautiful flowers or delicious fruits, a plant’s cuticle – the layered structure that controls the movement of waxes to the surface of leaves and petals – sounds boring. But in ...

Researchers from the University of Delaware, Iowa State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working to bioengineer a plants’ defense mechanism to protect against environmental stresses.

Petunia’s Waxy Cuticle Regulates the Plant’s Sweet Smell The thicker the flower petals’ cuticle, the more fragrance compounds the plant releases, according to a recent study.

Cuticular boundary layers and epidermal cells of plants are exposed to environmental stimulations and are able to exhibit many reactions to such stimuli, often reacting simultaneously to many ...

The petals have no such nanoridges because the mutation inhibits production of a polymer that forms the plant cuticle, which separates cell walls from plants' waxy surfaces.