Publications by authors named "Georgina Donovan"
Article Synopsis
- Scientists are trying to help plants produce more healthy stuff called flavonoids and less material called lignin, which can be tough for things like paper and fabric.
- In a study, they changed a part of tomato plants to see how it affected these properties, resulting in different plant shapes like dwarfism and curly leaves.
- Some plants ended up with more healthy compounds in their fruit and less lignin in their stems, which is better for making stuff, and this was linked to changes in enzymes that affect how these compounds are made.
Plant secondary metabolism is highly regulated within the major pathways to terpenoids, phenolics and alkaloids. Such regulation can occur at multiple levels from transcription through to the compartmentation of the product. However, the possibility exists for cross-talk between these pathways, the regulation of which is largely unknown at present.
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