A pennycress transparent testa 8 knockout mutant has drastic changes in seed coat anatomy and chemical compositions
Xinxin Ding, Summer Duckworth, Madeline Southworth, Andrew S. Lipton, Chaevien S Clendinen, Barsanti Gautam, Maliheh Esfahanian, Dušan Veličković, John C. Sedbrook, Pubudu Handakumbura
The paper evaluates a TT8 knockout mutant in pennycress, finding loss of proanthocyanidins in seed coats and increased seed imbibition rates without agronomically detrimental effects.
Journal of Experimental Botany · Feb 12, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology