Project ChemicalBlooms: Collaborating with Citizen Scientists to Survey the Chemical Diversity and Phylogenetic Distribution of Plant Epicuticular Wax Blooms
D. Nguyen, N. Groth, K. Mondloch, E. B. Cahoon, K. Jones, L. Busta
The paper surveys plant epicuticular wax blooms using citizen scientists, finding lineage-specific chemical patterns and suggesting non-biosynthetic mechanisms for triterpenoid-rich blooms.
bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2023Biochemistry