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Reinhard Jetter
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Latest papers
Composition and structure of Rosaceae leaf cuticles: insights into crystal formation and secondary alcohol biosynthesis.
Annals of botany · 2026
Composition of Foeniculum vulgare cuticular waxes: Chain length and isomer distributions of compounds with mid-chain hydroxyl and carbonyl groups.
Journal of plant physiology · 2026 · senior author
Water-Repellent Spray for Textiles Using Plant Waste from Conifer Trees.
ACS applied engineering materials · 2024
Latest funding
- $108,650
A Quantitative platform to expedite gene and genomic discovery from model species to crops and wild berries.
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $282,000
Formation, physical structure and biological function of plant wax compounds
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $22,347
Quantitative PCR instrument to support plant cell and molecular biology research
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
76 publications.
Composition and structure of Rosaceae leaf cuticles: insights into crystal formation and secondary alcohol biosynthesis.
Cote C, Jetter R, Rosado A
Composition of Foeniculum vulgare cuticular waxes: Chain length and isomer distributions of compounds with mid-chain hydroxyl and carbonyl groups.
Xi Y, Jetter R
Water-Repellent Spray for Textiles Using Plant Waste from Conifer Trees.
Fleetwood SK, Bell S, Jetter R, Foster EJ
Micromorphological and Chemical Characterization of Drimys winteri Leaf Surfaces: The Secondary Alcohols Forming Epicuticular Wax Crystals Are Accompanied by Alkanediol, Alkanetriol and Ketol Derivatives.
Zhang Z, Mistry D, Jetter R
The prodomain of Arabidopsis metacaspase 2 positively regulates immune signaling mediated by pattern-recognition receptors.
Wu D, Tian H, Xu F, Yang J, Feng W, Bell S, Gozdzik J, Gao F, Jetter R, Zhang Y
Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution.
Chomicki G, Burin G, Busta L, Gozdzik J, Jetter R, Mortimer B, Bauer U
Characterization of the closely related Arabidopsis thaliana β-ketoacyl-CoA synthases KCS3, KCS12 and KCS19.
Zhang Z, Gozdzik J, Jetter R
Biosynthesis of barley wax β-diketones: a type-III polyketide synthase condensing two fatty acyl units.
Sun Y, Ruiz Orduna A, Zhang Z, Feakins SJ, Jetter R
Plant-based, aqueous, water-repellent sprays for coating textiles.
Fleetwood SK, Bell S, Jetter R, Foster EJ
Leaf cuticular waxes of wild-type Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.) and a wax-deficient mutant: Compounds with terminal and mid-chain functionalities.
Gozdzik J, Busta L, Jetter R
A Quantitative platform to expedite gene and genomic discovery from model species to crops and wild berries.
Principal investigators: Song, Liang
Formation, physical structure and biological function of plant wax compounds
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
Quantitative PCR instrument to support plant cell and molecular biology research
Principal investigators: Douglas, Carl
Towards drought-tolerant crops: Enhancing plant skin transpiration barriers
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
Formation and function of plant cuticular triterpenoids
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
Enhanced high-throughput robotics facility
Principal investigators: Withers, Stephen
Canada Research Chair in Plant Natural Products
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
Keywords: CRC
Harnessing plants for production of renewable hydrocarbon biofuels
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
BARD - understanding and improving quality traits in fruit: genetic manipulation of the tomato fruit cuticle
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
Microplate scanning spectrophotometer and automated microplate pipetting system for departmental facility
Principal investigators: Chen, David
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xin Li and Yuelin Zhang: 60 shared papers
- Reinhard Jetter and Ljerka Kunst: 8 shared papers
- Reinhard Jetter and Yuelin Zhang: 5 shared papers
- Xin Li and Reinhard Jetter: 4 shared papers
- Hong Han and Reinhard Jetter: 2 shared papers
- David Bird and Reinhard Jetter: 2 shared papers
- Xin Li and Laurel Schafer: 1 shared paper
- Xin Li and Geoffrey Wasteneys: 1 shared paper
- Xin Li and Ljerka Kunst: 1 shared paper
- Laurel Schafer and Reinhard Jetter: 1 shared paper
- Laurel Schafer and Yuelin Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Reinhard Jetter and Abel Rosado: 1 shared paper
- Reinhard Jetter and Geoffrey Wasteneys: 1 shared paper
- Reinhard Jetter and Edward Kroc: 1 shared paper
- Department of Botany
- Michael Smith Laboratories - The University of British Columbia
- Department of Biology
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
- Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
- Botany - The University of British Columbia
- Department of Chemistry
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Ljerka Kunst
Department of Botany
8 shared papers, latest 2009
Yuelin Zhang
Department of Botany
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Xin Li
Michael Smith Laboratories - The University of British Columbia
4 shared papers, latest 2020
Hong Han
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2010
David Bird
Department of Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Abel Rosado
Department of Botany
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Geoffrey Wasteneys
Botany - The University of British Columbia
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Edward Kroc
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Laurel Schafer
Department of Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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