A major challenge for crop research in the 21st century is how to predict crop performance
as a function of genetic architecture. Advances in “next generation” DNA sequencing have …

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants subjected to water deficit, sodium chloride (NaCl),
or abscisic acid treatments were shown to exhibit a significant increase in the amount of leaf …

Salt cress (Thellungiella halophila) is a small winter annual crucifer with a short life cycle. It
has a small genome (about 2 × Arabidopsis) with high sequence identity (average 92%) with …

The softening of fleshy fruits, such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), during ripening is
generally reported to result principally from disassembly of the primary cell wall and middle …

Background Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is an important public health problem in
sub-Saharan Africa, affecting hundreds of thousands of individuals. An urgent need exists …

Insertional mutagenesis of Arabidopsis ecotype C24 was used to identify a novel mutant,
designated wax2, that had alterations in both cuticle membrane and cuticular waxes. …

Plant cuticle is an extracellular lipid‐based matrix of cutin and waxes, which covers aerial
organs and protects them from many forms of environmental stress. We report here the …

Wild-type Arabidopsis leaf epicuticular wax (EW) occurs as a smooth layer over the epidermal
surface, whereas stem EW has a crystalline microstructure. Wild-type EW load was more …

Despite the intensive management practices available to modern agriculture, drought and
salinity are still major constraints on crop production and food security. Yield losses to drought …

Pseudomonas syringae relies on type III secretion system to deliver effector proteins into the
host cell for parasitism. Type III genes are induced in planta, but host factors affecting the …