Table II.

Relative composition of epicuticular and intracuticular wax mixtures from leaves of pea cultivar Avanta

Compound class percentages are given as means from five replications with 95% confidence intervals.

Compound Class (%)	Avanta Adaxial		Avanta Abaxial
	First Removal	Final Extraction	First Removal	Final Extraction
Fatty acids	0.3 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.2
Aldehydes	5.2 ± 1.4	2.6 ± 1.7	5.6 ± 0.2	3.2 ± 0.9
Primary alcohols	64.9 ± 4.6	74.3 ± 2.7	12.3 ± 1.0	38.4 ± 10.8
Esters	6.1 ± 0.8	6.5 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.4	4.3 ± 0.6
Alkanes	8.3 ± 2.0	6.4 ± 2.0	66.0 ± 0.9	31.7 ± 6.1
Secondary alcohols	1.9 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.4	6.6 ± 0.9	4.6 ± 0.8
Unidentified	12.7 ± 4.9	7.4 ± 1.1	4.0 ± 1.2	16.4 ± 5.3