Unraveling the mechanisms of producing high quality cotton
A new study uses computational modelling to determine how and why cotton quality develops.
Tag: cellulose
Understanding the connections between plant hormones and cellulose synthesis in plants: still a great unknown!
Wang and colleagues review the relationships between key phytohormone classes and cellulose deposition in plant systems.
Plants have two ways of giving directions to cell wall builders
When getting cellulose to the cell wall, plant cells don’t rely on just one set of directions.
Biochemical and physiological flexibility accompanies reduced cellulose biosynthesis in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
How do grasses make cellulose for cell walls? Brabham and colleagues have been examining the genes.
ARP2/3 complex links cell wall assembly and auxin distribution
Effects of sucrose depletion on pollen tube growth
The cell biology of secondary cell wall biosynthesis
What is it that makes a plant get up and stay up? A new review looks at the creation of secondary cell walls. These microscopic features are the key to understanding the architecture of the plants we see around us.
Creative Destruction: How Death Leads to Function
Marcos Buckeridge explains how death and destruction in sugarcane roots can lead to the development of gas spaces, which improve root function.
Dragons, coconuts and skyscrapers…
Botanists aren’t always genetic engineers. This week Nigel Chaffey finds some have branched out into civil engineering.
A fresh look at guard cell walls
Cellulose research reaches new heights
A new study shows the effects that plant cellulose has on the weather!
Time for some carbs, now
Carbohydrates and plants means more than just sucrose, starch and cellulose.
