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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Plant J. 2011 Nov 23;69(4):655–666. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04820.x

Figure 2. Two-dimensional cuticle morphology.

Figure 2

(a–g) Light micrographs of sections of the fruit surface of tomato (S. lycopersicum) and six wild relatives, showing the cuticle stained with Oil red O. Scale bars = 50 µm. T, Thickness; SD, Subepidermal cuticular deposit; AP, Anticlinal peg. The species represented in each panel is shown in panel H of this figure. (h) Cuticle thickness measurements. Measurements were made above the center of each epidermal cell as indicated by bars labeled “T” in panels A–G. Error bars are S.E. for n=5.