Biology of the Plant Cuticle

Abstract

1. Introduction: Biology of the plant cuticle. Markus Riederer, Julius--von--Sachs--Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. 2. The fine structure of the plant cuticle. Christopher E. Jeffree, Science Faculty Electron Microscope Facility, Edinburgh, UK. 3. The cutin biopolymer matrix. Ruth E. Shark and Shiying Tian, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies, City University of New York, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314--6600, USA. 4. Composition of plant cuticular waxes. Reinhard Jetter, Departments of Botany and Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Ljerka Kunst and A. Lacey Samuels, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 5. Biosynthesis and transport of plant cuticular waxes. Ljerka Kunst, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Dr Reinhard Jetter, Departments of Botany and Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and A. Lacey Samuels, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 6. Optical properties of plant surfaces. Erhard E. Pfundel, Julius--von--Sachs--Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany Giovanni Agati, Istituto di Fisica Applicata, Firenze, Italy and Zoran G. Cerovic, LURE--CNRS, Orsay, France. 7. Transport of lipophilic non--electrolytes across the cuticle. Markus Riederer, Julius--von--Sachs--Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany and Adrian A. Friedmann, Syngenta Inc, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. 8. Characterisation of polar paths of transport in plant cuticles. Lukas Schreiber, A-kophysiologie der Pflanzen, Botanisches Institut, Bonn, Germany. 9. Cuticular transpiration. Markus Burghardt and Markus Riederer, Julius--von--Sachs--Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Universitat Wurzburg, 082 Wurzburg, Germany. . 10. The cuticle and cellular interactions. Hirokazu Tanaka and Yasunori Machida, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. 11. Microbial communities in the phyllosphere. Johan H. J. Leveau, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology, Heteren, The Netherlands. 12. Filamentous fungi on plant surfaces. Tim L. W. Carver, Plant Genetics and Breeding, IGER, Aberystwyth, UK and. Sarah J. Gurr, Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 13. Plant--Insect interactions on cuticular surfaces. Caroline Muller, Julius--von--Sachs--Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany