Figure 1.

Plant cuticle structure: (A) A schematic diagram of plant cuticle, highlighting the major structural features of the cuticle and the underlying epidermal cell layer: cuticle proper, consisting of epicuticular wax, epicuticular wax films, intracuticular wax, and cutin; cuticular layer, consisting of intracuticular waxes, cutin, and polysaccharides; (B) scanning electron micrograph image of epicuticular wax film of barley; (C) Scanning electron microscopic image of epicuticular wax with stomata of barley leaf surface.