To escape into the air, a petunia’s scent molecules, called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), have to travel through their cells’ cytoplasm, cross an inner membrane and then the cell wall, and ...

An Endosperm-Associated Cuticle Is Required for Arabidopsis Seed Viability, Dormancy and Early Control of Germination. PLOS Genetics , 2015; 11 (12): e1005708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005708 ...

The cuticle of a corn plant is a waxy layer, found on aerial plant tissues, that provides a protective barrier between the plant and its environment. Researchers have identified many of the genes that ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva have discovered the cuticle. Present as a thick waxy layer in the seed coat and composed of cutin, the cuticle increases seeds' viability, their resistance ...

Plant cuticles came into being more than 450 million years ago when the first plants colonized the hitherto hostile land masses. Because the waxy cuticles protect against water loss, ...

Plant cuticles came into being more than 450 million years ago when the first plants colonized the hitherto hostile land masses. Because the waxy cuticles protect against water loss, they enabled ...