title: Quantification of cuticular permeability in genetically modified plants.
abstract: More and more studies on genetically modified plants are identifying parts of the genetic code with putative involvement in creating the cuticular barrier. Unfortunately, many of these studies suffer from the inadequacy of the chosen methods to quantify, in a reasonably unambiguous way, if and how the efficacy of the cuticular barrier is affected by the genetic change. A short overview of relevant findings is given and a more stringent experimental approach to quantifying effects on cuticular permeability in genetically modified plants proposed.
authors.affiliation: Lancaster Environment Centre/Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK. g.kerstiens@lancaster.ac.uk
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kerstiens
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Klaus J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lendzian
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001901:Botany / Q000379:methods; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D010539:Permeability; D019441:Plant Epidermis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018526:Plant Transpiration / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000378:metabolism*; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism; D014885:Waxes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014885:Waxes; D014867:Water