Stomata, gateways for carbon dioxide entry and water evaporation, and cuticles, physical barriers for preventing water loss, are pivotal features of plant terrestrialization. How do they coordinate during plant development? A work in Plant Cell conducted by Dr. Chin-Min Ho’s group, at the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, showed that if the cuticles are produced too early, the rigid epidermis will cause the wrong stomatal pattern, illustrating flexibility determines the cell fate.

Article link：https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab260