Open AccessEcophysiology with barley eceriferum (cer) mutants: the effects of humidity and wax crystal structure on yield and vegetative parameters
Author(s) -
Penny von WettsteinKnowles
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcaa086
Subject(s) - biology , mutant , cultivar , phyllosphere , hordeum vulgare , vegetative reproduction , botany , epicuticular wax , transpiration , wax , horticulture , photosynthesis , poaceae , gene , biochemistry , genetics , bacteria
In addition to preventing water loss, plant cuticles must also regulate nutrient loss via leaching. The eceriferum mutants in Hordeum vulgare (barley) potentially influence these functions by altering epicuticular wax structure and composition.
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