Plant cuticles are hydrophobic solid-state lipid layers containing waxes, cutin and small amounts of some polysaccharides (cellulose and pectins). they play crucial role in evaporation prevention, pathogen repellent and molecular permeability.
Cuticle thickness vary between plant species from less than 1 µm to 10 µm. for example for Citrus species, cuticle is relatively thick and measures 4 µm. I need info concerning leaf cuticle thickness for other species??
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Dear Mohammad
Cuticle thickness varies from 0.02 µm in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves to 225 µm in Ariocarpus fissuratus stems.
Thanks Mr. Miri for your answer. I cannot find exact thickness values for other species like tomato, strawberry...
There is an exhaustive chapter that listed cuticle properties for plant species. The fine structure of the plant cuticle. In: Riederer M, Muller C, eds. Biology of the plant cuticle. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 11–125.
But I found contradictions when collecting data from the bibliography..
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