Abstract
Observation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that cabbage plants in vitro had no structured epicuticular wax whereas plants grown in a growth chamber or in the greenhouse had considerable amounts of structured epicuticular wax. Plants grown in vitro developed increasing amounts of structured epicuticular wax after transfer to the greenhouse. Water loss per unit leaf area was greater in plants recently removed from in vitro conditions than in either plants grown in the growth chamber or in cultured plants that had been hardened off. Epicuticular wax was formed in plants grown in vitro at 35% relative humidity indicating that relative humidity is an important factor in the in vitro development of wax. The contribution of light to the formation of epicuticular wax and the relationship of the wax to survival of the plants when they are removed from in vitro culture are discussed.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
In vitro cabbage plants lacked structured epicuticular wax.
- Taxon
- cabbage plants
Brassica oleracea var. capitatae0 - Outcome
- structured epicuticular waxe0
- Direction
- noe0
- Setting
- in vitroe0
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Verbatim
e0“cabbage plants in vitro had no structured epicuticular wax”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth chamber and greenhouse plants had considerable structured epicuticular wax.
- Taxon
- cabbage plantsBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Outcome
- structured epicuticular waxe0
- Direction
- considerablee0
- Setting
- growth chamber or in the greenhousee0
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Verbatim
e0“plants grown in a growth chamber or in the greenhouse had considerable amounts of structured epicuticular wax”
t0“cabbage plants”
Claim · model-written summary
In vitro plants developed increasing structured wax after greenhouse transfer.
- Taxon
- cabbage plantsBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- transfer to the greenhousee0
- Outcome
- structured epicuticular waxe0
- Direction
- increasinge0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Plants grown in vitro developed increasing amounts of structured epicuticular wax after transfer to the greenhouse”
t0“cabbage plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Recently removed in vitro plants lost more water per leaf area than growth chamber plants or hardened plants.
- Taxon
- cabbage plantsBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Outcome
- Water loss per unit leaf areae0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- plants grown in the growth chambere0
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Verbatim
e0“Water loss per unit leaf area was greater in plants recently removed from in vitro conditions than in either plants grown in the growth chamber or in cultured plants that had been hardened off”
t0“cabbage plants”
Claim · model-written summary
In vitro plants formed epicuticular wax at 35% relative humidity.
- Taxon
- cabbage plantsBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- 35% relative humiditye0
- Outcome
- Epicuticular waxe0
- Setting
- in vitroe0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Epicuticular wax was formed in plants grown in vitro at 35% relative humidity”
t0“cabbage plants”
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