ReviewPlant, cell & environment2026
Trichomes in Plant Defence, Development and Metabolic Integration Under Environmental Stress.
Review in Plant, cell & environment, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Among various plant defence strategies, trichomes are tiny hair-like structures on the epidermis that aid in defence, environmental adaptation and the production of valuable secondary metabolites. This review features trichomes as frontline guards for plant survival, integrating their structural, physiological and metabolic roles in safeguarding against environmental adversity. We explore the developmental biology of trichomes, emphasising a multilayered regulatory network governed by transcriptional hierarchies, hormonal crosstalk, epigenetic remodelling and post-transcriptional modulation. Trichomes, divided into glandular and non-glandular types, function as physical shields and dynamic chemical interfaces, mediating defence against herbivores, pathogens, UV radiation and abiotic stresses such as drought and heavy metal exposure. Notably, glandular trichomes serve as specialised biosynthetic centres, producing high-value secondary metabolites, such as terpenoids, alkaloids and phenolics, which are increasingly harnessed in sustainable agriculture and green biotechnologies. Considering the broader context of climate resilience and bioeconomic innovation, this review describes trichomes as multifunctional and evolvable units of plant adaptation. It also highlights emerging research avenues such as single-cell omics, chromatin dynamics, metabolic and genetic engineering, which offer promising strategies for exploiting trichomes as a foundation for next-generation crop improvement and sustainable metabolic engineering.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.