A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer (epidermis) of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here meaning all plant parts not embedded in soil or other substrate) that have no periderm. The film consists of lipid and hydrocarbon polymers infused with wax, and is synthesized exclusively by the epidermal cells.
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^Kolattukudy, PE (1996) Biosynthetic pathways of cutin and waxes, and their sensitivity to environmental stresses. In: Plant Cuticles. Ed. by G. Kerstiens, BIOS Scientific publishers Ltd., Oxford, pp 83-108
A plantcuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer (epidermis) of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here...
A cuticle (/ˈkjuːtɪkəl/), or cuticula, is any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism...
organs to form the plantcuticle. Cell walls perform many essential functions. They provide shape to form the tissue and organs of the plant, and play an important...
polymers that are the main components of the plantcuticle, which covers all aerial surfaces of plants, the other being cutan. It is an insoluble substance...
making the polymer cutin which is found in the plantcuticle that protects land plants from drying out. Plants synthesise a number of unique polymers like...
the outer surface of the plantcuticle in land plants. It may form a whitish film or bloom on leaves, fruits and other plant organs. Chemically, it consists...
from wool, consisting of esters of sterols. Plants secrete waxes into and on the surface of their cuticles as a way to control evaporation, wettability...
not as well mixed as widely assumed. Desert plants have specially adapted structures, such as thick cuticles, reduced leaf areas, sunken stomata and hairs...
epidermal cells manufacture the components of the tissue system known as plantcuticle, including its epicuticular wax, from palmitic acid—which itself is...
Cuticle analysis, also known as fossil cuticle analysis and cuticular analysis, is an archaeobotanical method that uses plantcuticles to reconstruct the...
cell wall of the plant epidermis is usually impregnated with cutin and wax, forming a permeability barrier known as the plantcuticle. Secondary cell walls...
time controlling water loss. Their surfaces are waterproofed by the plantcuticle and gas exchange between the mesophyll cells and the atmosphere is controlled...
pathogen-free seed, appropriate planting date and plant density, control of field moisture, and pesticide use. Plantcuticle/surface Plant cell walls Antimicrobial...
plant epidermis of aerial plant parts is a protective waxy film called plantcuticle that protects against drying out, but also waterproofs the plant...
penetration hypha emerges at the pore, which is driven through the plantcuticle into the underlying epidermal cells. The osmotic pressure exerted by...
high internal temperatures (e.g., 52 °C or 126 °F) very impervious outer cuticle (skin) fast wound sealing and healing mucilaginous substances, which retain...
palmitic acid and 18-hydroxy stearic acid are key monomers of cutin in the plantcuticle. The polymer cutin is formed by interesterification of omega hydroxy...
of soft-tissue destruction. Plantcuticle is more prone to preservation if it contains cutan, rather than cutin. Plants and algae produce the most preservable...
"The cuticle of early vascular plants and its evolutionary significance", in Cutler, D.; Alvin, K.L. & Price, C.E. (eds.), The PlantCuticle, London:...
were followed by vessels in flowering plants. As water transport mechanisms and waterproof cuticles evolved, plants could survive without being continually...
rapid, as in the cnidaria. Arthropods are able to repair injuries to the cuticle that forms their exoskeleton to some extent. Animals in several phyla,...
pressure generated during this process is sufficient to penetrate the plants' cuticles routinely, and experimentally can penetrate Kevlar. This impressive...
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