When pistachio hulls split before the nuts are harvested, insects and fungi can get inside, damaging the nut, costing farmers ...

Drakakaki, Zhang offer insights into breakage, with potential benefits for fruit cropsWhen pistachio hulls split before the ...

Tsukuba, Japan - In a new genetic study of rice, Professor Hiroaki Iwai and his team from the University of Tsukuba have revealed that pectin plays a vital role in plant reproductive development, ...

Pectin, a component of cell walls, makes fruit skin strong in part by keeping cells hitched to each other. In pistachio hulls ...

The pectin polymer homogalacturonan (HG) is a major component of land plant cell walls and is especially abundant in the middle lamella. Current models suggest that HG is deposited into the wall as a ...

Vol. 67, No. 2, Special Issue: From the Nucleus to the Apoplast: Building the Plant’s Cell Wall (2016), pp. 489-494 (6 pages) The pectin matrix of the angiosperm cell wall is regulated in both ...

Plant Cell Walls Can Control Growth in the Dark To maintain an energy-saving growth strategy in the absence of light, seedlings need signals generated by pectin in their cell walls.

Stewing apples massively increases the bioavailability of Pectin, a powerful form of soluble fiber. This released pectin acts ...