Fig. 7.

Second leaf of wild-type (A) and mutant (D) misted with water and micrographs of epicuticular waxes at scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The epicuticular waxes are regularly distributed on the upper surface of the second leaf of wild-type (B) while they show a patchy deposition on the same leaf of fdl1-1 (E). An irregular distribution of epicuticular waxes can be seen on the second leaf of an RNAi transformed seedling (F) if compared with the second leaf of an untransformed seedling (C). (This figure is available in colour at JXB online.)