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Science 27 October 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3800, pp. 505 - 506
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3800.505
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Wax Microchannels in the Epidermis of White Clover

D. M. Hall 1

1 Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

The application of conventional electron microscopy to the study of plant leaves and fruit readily displays the surface wax deposits, but not the wax pathways from the underlying cells. A modified freeze-etch technique shows both at the same time and indicates that wax is transported from the epidermal cells to the leaf surface in microchannels.

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