The making of plant armor: the periderm

O Serra, AP Mähönen, AJ Hetherington… - Annual review of plant …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The periderm acts as armor protecting the plant's inner tissues from biotic and abiotic stress.
It forms during the radial thickening of plant organs such as stems and roots and replaces …

[HTML][HTML] Suberin biosynthesis, assembly, and regulation

KN Woolfson, M Esfandiari, MA Bernards - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Suberin is a specialized cell wall modifying polymer comprising both phenolic-derived and
fatty acid-derived monomers, which is deposited in below-ground dermal tissues (epidermis …

The evolutionary innovation of root suberin lamellae contributed to the rise of seed plants

Y Su, T Feng, CB Liu, H Huang, YL Wang, X Fu… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Seed plants overtook ferns to become the dominant plant group during the late
Carboniferous, a period in which the climate became colder and dryer,. However, the …

The key enzymes in the suberin biosynthetic pathway in plants: An update

G Nomberg, O Marinov, GC Arya, E Manasherova… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Suberin is a natural biopolymer found in a variety of specialized tissues, including seed coat
integuments, root endodermis, tree bark, potato tuber skin and the russeted and reticulated …

Polystyrene nanoplastics induce cell type-dependent secondary wall reinforcement in rice (Oryza sativa) roots and reduce root hydraulic conductivity

J Yin, T Zhu, X Li, X Yin, J Xu, G Xu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) have been demonstrated the ability to penetrate plant roots and cause
stress. However, the extent of NPs penetration into various root tissues and the …

Towards green chemicals and edible coatings from barks and peels with near critical extraction of suberin

B Lecart, C Baumsteiger, F Monie, A Di Maria… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their complex structures, industrial suberoligneous by-products such as barks and
peels remain poorly exploited. In this study, we demonstrated the efficient extraction of …

Transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling reveal the mechanism underlying the inhibition of wound healing by ascorbic acid in fresh-cut potato

F Zhou, D Xu, S Xiong, C Chen, C Liu, A Jiang - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Ascorbic acid (AsA) inhibits wound healing in fresh-cut potatoes (FCP); however, the
comprehensive regulatory mechanisms of the chemical during wound healing remain …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptomic analysis of wound-healing in Solanum tuberosum (potato) tubers: Evidence for a stepwise induction of suberin-associated genes

KN Woolfson, V Zhurov, T Wu, KM Kaberi, S Wu… - Phytochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Suberin deposition involves both phenolic and aliphatic polymer biosynthesis and
deposition in the same tissue. Therefore, any consideration of exploiting suberin for crop …

Debaryomyces nepalensis enhances suberin deposition in citrus fruit wound by facilitating the synthesis of cinnamic acid and its derivatives

J Huang, Q Chen, O Chen, X Gao, R Zhu… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Mechanical damage to citrus fruit is inevitable when picking, transporting, storing, and
marketing. Previous studies have shown that citrus fruit have the ability to wound healing …

Sodium silicate promotes wound healing by inducing the deposition of suberin polyphenolic and lignin in potato tubers

Y Han, R Yang, Q Wang, B Wang… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Wound healing is a postharvest characteristic of potato tubers through accumulating suberin
and lignin, which could reduce decay and water loss during storage. This study aimed to …