Fig. 7.

Cuticle wax. (A) Amount of free saturated VLCFAs. Percentages of saturated VLCFAs per total fatty acids in a molar ratio are shown. The values are the average of two independent experiments. (B) Amount of saturated VLCFAs in the alkyl ester fraction of epicuticular wax. Percentages of methyl esters of saturated VLCFAs per methyl esters of total fatty acids in a molar ratio are shown. (C and D) Scanning electron microscopy observation of the abaxial surface of the third leaf of the wild type (C) and oni3-6 (D). The surface was rough in the wild type due to cuticle protrusions, but it was rather smooth in oni3-6. Bars = 50 µm.