Credit: Samuels Lab/UBC There are three types of glandular trichome that appear commonly on the cannabis plant: Bulbous trichomes are the smallest of the three types and can only be seen through a ...

Five types of trichomes have been described in cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.): type-I is 2–3 mm long with a multicellular base and a glandular small cell in the tip; type-III is non ...

Glandular trichomes on tomato plants serve as microscopic chemical factories that synthesize and accumulate acylsugars – specialised metabolites with diverse structures and potent defensive ...

The leaves of the aromatic plant Satureja thymbra have numerous glandular trichomes of two morphologically distinct types: glandular hairs and glandular scales. Investigations of the anatomy of these ...

Glandular trichomes on the leaf tip of the sundew plant (Drosera filiformis) resemble dewdrops. In some lineages of plants, hairs do not provide protection. They function as a tool to gather ...

Dr. Livingston and co-author Dr. Lacey Samuels used rapid freezing of cannabis glandular trichomes to immobilize the plant’s cellular structures and the metabolites in situ. This enabled them to ...

A polarized supercell produces specialized metabolites in cannabis trichomes. Current Biology, 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.014 ...

Today, production within the $20 billion global cannabis market largely relies on the biological activity of tiny cell clusters, called glandular trichomes, found mainly on the plant's flowers.

Nightshades are known for their great diversity of hairs (trichomes), from simple strands to little stars to sticky clubs. We have become interested in how trichome development relates to the inflated ...

Essential oil glandular trichomes are the specialized anatomical and structural characteristic of plants amassing significant quantities of commercially and pharmaceutically valuable essential oil ...