New approaches for studying and exploiting an old protuberance, the plant trichome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Much recent study of plant trichomes has focused on various aspects of glandular secreting trichomes (GSTs) and differentiation of simple trichomes. This Botanical Briefing will highlight: research on various aspects of, and manipulation of glandular secreting trichomes; molecular aspects of the differentiation and development of simple trichomes of arabidopsis and cotton; how methods for manipulation of model systems used in the above work can be applied to expand our understanding of less studied surface structures of plants.

Scope

The Briefing will cover: established and suggested roles of simple and glandular secreting trichomes; recent results regarding solute and ion movement in trichomes; methods for isolating trichomes; recent studies of trichome

SUBMITTER: Wagner GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4242265 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature