effects of stress on plant cuticular waxes

Plants are subject to a wide range of abiotic stresses, and their cuticular wax layer provides a protective barrier, which consists predominantly of long-chain hydrocarbon compounds, including alkanes, primary alcohols, aldehydes, secondary alcohols, ketones, esters and other derived compounds. This...

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Published in:The New phytologist 2006-01, Vol.171 (3), p.469-499
Main Authors: Shepherd, Tom, Wynne Griffiths, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abiotic stress
Alcohols
Alkanes
Animal and plant ecology
Animal cuticle
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
biosynthesis
composition
Corn
cuticular wax
Dehydration
Epicuticular wax
Fatty acids
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humidity
morphology
Plant cuticle
Plant Epidermis - cytology
Plant Epidermis - metabolism
Plant Leaves - chemistry
Plant Leaves - cytology
Plant Leaves - radiation effects
Plants
Plants and fungi
Tansley Reviews
Temperature
Water - metabolism
Waxes
Waxes - chemistry
Waxes - metabolism
Waxes - radiation effects
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Summary:Plants are subject to a wide range of abiotic stresses, and their cuticular wax layer provides a protective barrier, which consists predominantly of long-chain hydrocarbon compounds, including alkanes, primary alcohols, aldehydes, secondary alcohols, ketones, esters and other derived compounds. This article discusses current knowledge relating to the effects of stress on cuticular waxes and the ways in which the wax provides protection against the deleterious effects of light, temperature, osmotic stress, physical damage, altitude and pollution. Topics covered here include biosynthesis, morphology, composition and function of cuticular waxes in relation to the effects of stress, and some recent findings concerning the effects of stress on regulation of wax biosynthesis are described.
ISSN:0028-646X
1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01826.x