Tired of expensive microscopy or destructive staining? A new study in Plant Cell Reports introduces RUBY-MAT—a game-changing visual system for maize engineering.
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Image taken from Figure 1 of paper by Sumi et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf057 showing a schematic diagram of the betalain biosynthetic pathway, images showing flower color variation, different stages of flower development for analysis, and a graph showing betalain accumulation (betaxanthin and betacyanin) in P. umbraticola varieties.
Flower power…🌼
Sumi et al. have elucidated the basic #betalain biosynthesis pathway, and show how #flower colour variation in the Caryophyllales is due to the ratio of betacyanin & betaxanthin pigments produced
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