Cibus Inc. announced Tuesday that it has completed the Food and Drug Administration's Plant Biotechnology Program for its altered lignin alfalfa, clearing a key hurdle on the way to commercialization ...

Two plants in the U.S. that AESC was building now lie partially finished due to “deep policy uncertainty” and tariffs.

Nanoparticles can, in theory, deliver cargo directly to a leaf’s interior and then break down safely. Scientists suspected ...

A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform ...

Plant cells without a cell wall are fragile, so it's hard to image its construction. Jacek Krywko – Apr 4, 2025 1:37 pm | 33 Credit: Hyun Huh et al.

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers. ... Cell walls are made mostly of cellulose, a chain of sugar molecules.

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls Date: March 21, 2025 Source: Rutgers University Summary: In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into different cell types. Using ...

Banding patterns of cellulose increase the stability of plant cell walls, much like the corrugated patterns in cardboard. Penn State biologists developed a method to isolate plant cells and ...

But the air channels of the mutant plant were flooded with water. The team tracked the mutation to the gene abcg5, which produces a protein that may help waterproof the cell wall to ensure that the ...

"In plants, the enzymes that build cell walls need manganese to function. Manganese also plays a key role in photosynthesis," explains Professor Edgar Peiter, a plant researcher from MLU.