Abstract
SUMMARY Evidence from recrystallization and surface diffusion studies is presented which suggests that the patterns of leaf cuticular wax deposits are mainly a function of the wax chemical composition. Wax probably arrives at the cuticular surface in a solvent which subsequently evaporates. Surface diffusion across the cuticle is not believed to contribute significantly to the wax growth process. Most of the compounds which comprise the wax, form plates or sheet‐like structures when crystallized from solution. In eucalypt leaf waxes, the naturally occurring plate waxes appear to be associated with the polar constituents of the wax. Natural waxes which occur as tubes probably contain a mixture of non‐polar compounds.
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Claim · model-written summary
Leaf cuticular wax deposit patterns are mainly related to wax chemical composition.
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e0“the patterns of leaf cuticular wax deposits are mainly a function of the wax chemical composition”
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Wax probably reaches the cuticular surface in a solvent that then evaporates.
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- Wax probably arrives at the cuticular surfacee0
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- in a solvent which subsequently evaporatese0
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e0“Wax probably arrives at the cuticular surface in a solvent which subsequently evaporates”
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Surface diffusion across the cuticle is not believed to contribute substantially to wax growth.
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e0“Surface diffusion across the cuticle is not believed to contribute significantly to the wax growth process”
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Most wax compounds formed plates or sheet-like structures on crystallization from solution.
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e0“Most of the compounds which comprise the wax, form plates or sheet‐like structures when crystallized from solution”
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Plate waxes in eucalypt leaves appear associated with polar wax constituents.
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- eucalypte0
- Organ / stage
- leafe0
- Compound
- polar constituents of the waxe0
- Outcome
- naturally occurring plate waxese0
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e0“In eucalypt leaf waxes, the naturally occurring plate waxes appear to be associated with the polar constituents of the wax”
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Natural tubular waxes probably contain mixed non-polar compounds.
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e0“Natural waxes which occur as tubes probably contain a mixture of non‐polar compounds”