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THE source of surface wax deposits on plants and their method of formation have been investigated since 1871 by optical microscopy1 and more recently by electron microscopy. Mueller, Carr and Loomis2 considered that the wax was probably secreted from pores in the leaf surface, but no evidence of them was seen. A study of leaf surfaces by Juniper and Bradley3 using carbon films evaporated on the leaf surface also failed to reveal their presence.
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De Bary, A., Bot. Z., 29, 128, 566 (1871).
Mueller, E., Carr, P. H., and Loomis, W. E., Amer. J. Bot., 41, 593 (1954).
Juniper, B. E., and Bradley, D. E., J. Ultra Res., 2, 16 (1958).
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HALL, D., DONALDSON, L. Secretion from Pores of Surface Wax on Plant Leaves. Nature 194, 1196 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941196a0
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