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SUBMITTER: Gorb EV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3810656 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20131029
The morphogenesis of the composite epicuticular wax coverage and regeneration ability of the upper wax layer in Nepenthes alata pitchers were studied using a cryo-scanning electron microscopy. Examination of pitchers of different ages revealed six stages in the wax coverage development. In the first stage, wax crystals resemble those found recently in mature pitches of N. dicksoniana and N. ventricosa. Platelets of the upper wax layer originate from broadened tips of stalks during the last devel ...[more]