TABLE 1.

Leaf blade of the heading stage cuticular wax composition and loads in WT and pls4 mutant.

Compound class	WT (μg/cm2)	pls4 (μg/cm2)
Fatty acids	2.79 ± 0.39	2.11 ± 0.20*
Aldehydes	0.62 ± 0.09	0.56 ± 0.07
Primer alcohols	4.20 ± 0.45	3.51 ± 0.23*
Alkanes	0.37 ± 0.12	0.23 ± 0.02*
Total wax	8.09 ± 1.15	6.53 ± 0.48*

Data are mean ± SE from five biological replicates. *P < 0.05 (Student’s t-test).