Cutan must play a role in plant cuticles, but it's not clear how much cutan a cuticle contains.
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Liam Elliott
A new study reveals how the cuticle protects maize leaves
The cuticle is a waxy covering of a leaf that helps prevent water-loss. A new study of adult maize leaves shows it's not a simple structure.
Alun Salt
Effectiveness of cuticular transpiration barriers in a desert plant at controlling water loss at high temperatures
Maintaining the integrity of the cuticular transpiration barrier even at elevated temperatures is of vital importance for hot-desert plants. In a new study published in AoB PLANTS, Schuster et al. investigated the...
AoBPLANTS
Lignin and/or suberin? Lignin!
For as long as the Casparian strip (CS) – an impervious component of the endodermal cell wall that blocks the passive flow of water and solutes into the vascular tissues of a plant – has been known (discovery credited...
Nigel Chaffey
Molecular genetics of cuticle formation in Prunus
During growth, the fruit surface of sweet cherry, Prunus avium, expands rapidly whilst only a relatively small amount of new cuticular material is produced, often leading to the formation of microscopic cracks in the...
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