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The impact of drought on wheat leaf cuticle properties.
BMC plant biology - 8 May 2017
Bi Huihui, Kovalchuk Nataliya, Langridge Peter, Tricker Penny J, Lopato Sergiy, Borisjuk Nikolai
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BACKGROUND: The plant cuticle is the outermost layer covering aerial tissues and is composed of cutin and waxes. The cuticle plays an important role in protection from environmental stresses and glaucousness, the bluish-white colouration of plant surfaces associated with cuticular waxes, has been suggested as a contributing factor in crop drought tolerance. However, the cuticle structure and composition is...
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