Cutinized leaf epidermal cells and suberized root cell walls form important lipophilic
interfaces between the plant and its environment, significantly contributing to the regulation …

Background The plant cuticle is an extracellular lipophilic biopolymer covering leaf and fruit
surfaces. Its main function is the protection of land-living plants from uncontrolled water loss …

Cutin and suberin are the polymer matrices for lipophilic cell wall barriers. These barriers
control the fluxes of gases, water and solutes, and also play roles in protecting plants from …

Transport properties of plant cuticles are important for different fields of modern plant
sciences. Ecologists and physiologists are interested in water losses to the environment via …

The cuticle fulfills multiple roles in the plant life cycle, including protection from
environmental stresses and the regulation of organ fusion. It is largely composed of cutin …

The cuticle is the major barrier against uncontrolled water loss from leaves, fruits and other
primary parts of higher plants. More than 100 mean values for water permeabilities …

The plant cuticle is an extracellular lipid structure deposited over the aerial surfaces of land
plants, which seals the shoot and protects it from biotic and abiotic stresses. It is composed …

The scale, mechanism, and physiological importance of cuticular transpiration were last
reviewed in this journal 5 and 10 years ago. Progress in our basic understanding of the …

A hydrophobic cuticle is deposited at the outermost extracellular matrix of the epidermis in
primary tissues of terrestrial plants. Besides forming a protective shield against the …

During the development of Arabidopsis and other land plants, diffusion barriers are formed
in the apoplast of specialized tissues within a variety of plant organs. While the cuticle of the …