Is Chara corallina a suitable model plant for studying cell-failure mechanisms in fruit skins?

The freshwater alga, Chara corallina, is often used as a model system in studies of cell-wall mechanics. Chara has a unique and very simple architecture, in which a number of node cells form the interface between two giant internode cells. Given this architecture, when investigating a specimen compr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arne Richardsen, Eckhard Grimm, Moritz Knoche, Alexander Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Julius Kühn-Institut 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality
Online Access:https://ojs.openagrar.de/index.php/JABFQ/article/view/15782