A research team has uncovered the mechanism and underlying reason behind the transformation of residual cells into epidermal ... valuable insights into plant survival strategies and growth ...

Once inside the leaf (Fig. 1), microplastics move through spaces between plant cells and can also accumulate inside tiny hair-like structures, called trichomes, on the surface of leaves.

Extracts made from parts of the cashew plant that are usually thrown away when the nuts are processed commercially were found to significantly limit the development of fat cells and the ...

However, they still require proteins made from instructions in the cell nucleus to function properly ... who is also a member of the Purdue Center for Plant Biology. "This discovery deepens ...

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In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose – a major constituent of all plant cell walls – a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has captured images of the ...

Plant Biology majors spend time in the lab and in the field ... barcoding medicinal plants in Pakistan, or unlocking the secrets of cell walls. They help set up community gardens and preserve old ...

2004). To establish suspension-cultured BY-2 cells as a model system for studies of plant pexophagy and characterize the degradation mechanism in greater detail, we labeled peroxisomes in tobacco BY-2 ...

Phytopathogenic bacteria, phytoplasmas, fungi, and oomycetes secrete various effectors inside plant cells during infectious process. Once in the host cells, some effectors specifically bind to ...