The extraction and constitution of peat wax. A review of peat wax chemistry

1960 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 478-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Howard ◽  
D. Hamer
Keyword(s):  
Wax Chemistry

The Extended Community-Level Effects of Genetic Variation in Foliar Wax Chemistry in the Forest Tree Eucalyptus globulus

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Gosney ◽  
Julianne O’Reilly-Wapstra ◽  
Lynne Forster ◽  
Carmen Whiteley ◽  
Brad Potts
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Eucalyptus Globulus ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Wax Chemistry

scholarly journals Examining Wax Chemistry through Encaustics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Wright ◽  
David Soriano ◽  
Richard Shires ◽  
Sarah E. Ruffell
Keyword(s):  
Wax Chemistry

Wax chemistry of two stingless bees of the Trigonisca group (Apididae: Meliponinae)

1985 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary J. Blomquist ◽  
David W. Roubik ◽  
Stephen L. Buchmann
Keyword(s):  
Stingless Bees ◽  
Wax Chemistry

Biodiversity among West African Rhizophora: Foliar wax chemistry

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 859-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Dodd ◽  
François Fromard ◽  
Zara A. Rafii ◽  
François Blasco
Keyword(s):  
West African ◽  
Wax Chemistry

scholarly journals A co-opted steroid synthesis gene, maintained in sorghum but not maize, is associated with a divergence in leaf wax chemistry

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (12) ◽  
pp. e2022982118
Author(s):  
Lucas Busta ◽  
Elizabeth Schmitz ◽  
Dylan K. Kosma ◽  
James C. Schnable ◽  
Edgar B. Cahoon
Keyword(s):  
Water Loss ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Steroid Synthesis ◽  
Adult Transition ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Leaf Waxes ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
Fundamental Understanding ◽  
Intracellular Storage ◽  
Wax Chemistry

Virtually all land plants are coated in a cuticle, a waxy polyester that prevents nonstomatal water loss and is important for heat and drought tolerance. Here, we describe a likely genetic basis for a divergence in cuticular wax chemistry between Sorghum bicolor, a drought tolerant crop widely cultivated in hot climates, and its close relative Zea mays (maize). Combining chemical analyses, heterologous expression, and comparative genomics, we reveal that: 1) sorghum and maize leaf waxes are similar at the juvenile stage but, after the juvenile-to-adult transition, sorghum leaf waxes are rich in triterpenoids that are absent from maize; 2) biosynthesis of the majority of sorghum leaf triterpenoids is mediated by a gene that maize and sorghum both inherited from a common ancestor but that is only functionally maintained in sorghum; and 3) sorghum leaf triterpenoids accumulate in a spatial pattern that was previously shown to strengthen the cuticle and decrease water loss at high temperatures. These findings uncover the possibility for resurrection of a cuticular triterpenoid-synthesizing gene in maize that could create a more heat-tolerant water barrier on the plant’s leaf surfaces. They also provide a fundamental understanding of sorghum leaf waxes that will inform efforts to divert surface carbon to intracellular storage for bioenergy and bioproduct innovations.

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