Effect of alterations in cuticular wax biosynthesis on the physicochemical properties and topography of maize leaf surfaces

By G. Beattie, Lise M Marcell. 2002

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Microbiology of the Phyllosphere (2003, background): “Using maize mutants having epicuticular waxes altered in density or composition as well as in crystal structure (9), Beattie (5) found that while attachment of bacterial cells to the cuticle was not substantially affected, bacterial establishment and maintenance on leaves was influenced in a complex”
Crop Breeding for Low Input Agriculture: A Sustainable Response to Feed a Growing World Population (2011, background): “To date, multiple genes have been identified for the gloss leaf trait in cabbage, and 18 loci have been mapped using mutants of maize and sorghum [88,94,95].”