Spatial distribution of cuticular wax compounds and cuticular water barrier properties using Cosmos bipinnatus and Arabidopsis thaliana as models
Plant cuticles form an external barrier, primarily blocking water loss into the desiccating atmosphere but also inhibiting UV and pathogen penetration. Cuticles consist of hydrophobic wax – a complex mixture of very-long-chain aliphatics and alicyclics – on top of (epicuticular) and in between (int...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30459 |