Molecular basis of natural variation and environmental control of trichome patterning
Trichomes are differentiated epidermal cells on above ground organs of nearly all land plants. They play important protective roles as structural defences upon biotic attacks such as herbivory, oviposition and fungal infections and against abiotic stressors such as drought, heat, freezing, excess of...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00320/full |