Contents Summary 693 I. Introduction 693 II. Comparison of various definitions and
measurement techniques of minimum conductance 694 III. Cuticular conductance 695 IV …

Cuticular wax, the first protective layer of above ground tissues of many plant species, is a
key evolutionary innovation in plants. Cuticular wax safeguards the evolution from certain …

Nearly all plant families, represented across most major biomes, absorb water directly
through their leaves. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as foliar water uptake …

The aim of the present review was to reconsider basic information about various functional
aspects related to plant water content and provide evidence that the usefulness of …

Biological surfaces provide multifunctional interfaces to their environment. More than 400
million years of land plants evolution led to a large diversity of functional biological surface …

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 …

Most aerial plant surfaces are covered with a lipid-rich cuticle, which is a barrier for the
bidirectional transport of substances between the plant and the surrounding environment …

Plant cuticles contain, beside cutin (Chapters 2 and 3), wax as the second major chemical
component. Cuticular wax plays pivotal physiological and ecological roles in the interactions …

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

As with all aerial plant organs, fleshy fruits are encased in a hydrophobic cuticle that must
fulfil multiple functions, including limiting desiccation and preventing microbial infection …