The amount of epicuticular wax did not differ between the biotypes.
A.A. Guimarães, E.A. Ferreira, L. Vargas, A.A. Silva, R.G. Viana, A.J. Demuner, G.Concenço, I. Aspiazu, L. Galon, M.R. Reis, A.F. Silva 2009, 'Composição química da cera epicuticular de biótipos de azevém resistente e suscetívelao glyphosate Chemical composition of the epicuticular wax of Italian ryegrass biotypesresistant and susceptible to glyphosate', Planta Daninhahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582009000100019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was revealed, that crystalloids of epicuticular waxes belong to ‘platelets' type.
Olena I. Krasniak 2012, 'The characters of epidermal ultrastructure for the taxonomy of Bromopsis ramosa (Huds.)Holub and B. benekenii (Lange) Holub (Poaceae)', Modern Phytomorphologyhttp://phytomorphology.org/PDF/MP1/01107110.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Data regarding stomatal density, relative water content and presence of epicuticular wax were also evaluated.
Frederico Henrique da Silva Costa, Jonny Everson Scherwinski Pereira, Moacir Pasqual,Evaristo Mauro de Castro, Adriene Matos Santos 2009, 'Perda de água e modificações anatômicas em folhas de plantas de bananeiras micropropagadasdurante a aclimatização Water loss and anatomical modifications in leaves of micropropagatedbanana plants during acclimatization', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782009000300017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Mutants of the glossy loci exhibit altered accumulation of epicuticular waxes on juvenile leaves.
Sanzhen Liu, Cheng-Ting Yeh, Ho Man Tang, Dan Nettleton, Patrick S Schnable 2012, 'Gene mapping via bulked segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3346754?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Epicuticular waxes, present in all species, comprise both soft and plate waxes.
C. L. Bredenkamp, A. E. van Wyk 2000, 'The epidermis in Passerina/ (Thymelaeaceae): structure, function and taxonomicsignificance', Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservationhttps://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/2219. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper also provides experimental evidence of the self-assembly properties of the epicuticular waxes.
Poinern GEJ, Le XT, Fawcett D 2011, 'Superhydrophobic nature of nanostructures on an indigenous Australian eucalyptus plantand its potential application', Nanotechnology, Science and Applicationshttp://www.dovepress.com/superhydrophobic-nature-of-nanostructures-on-an-indigenous-australian--a8523. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These researches highlight the micromorphological aspect of these glands, tector hairs and epicuticular wax.
Lidia ADUMITRESEI, Irina GOSTIN 2016, 'MORPHOLOGICAL AND MICROMORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING THE LEAVES OF SEVERALROSA L. SPECIES', Journal of Plant Developmenthttp://www.plant-journal.uaic.ro/docs/2016/11.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Insects were significantly aggregated around papers impregnated with the epicuticular lipid extracts.
Juárez M Patricia, Mijailovsky Sergio J, Girotti Juan R, Figueiras Alicia 2009, 'Epicuticular lipids induce aggregation in Chagas disease vectors', Parasites & Vectorshttp://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/2/1/8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These concentrations resulted in the degradation of epicuticular waxes.
Emilie Bednářová, Jiří Kučera 2011, 'Monitoring the damage to epicuticular waxes at silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.)in the changing air pollution spectrum of the Ore Mountains', Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensishttps://acta.mendelu.cz/59/5/0009/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)