ABSTRACT
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In many higher plants, primary surfaces of aerial organs are covered with crystalline epicuticular waxes. An extremely thick wax layer usually appears as pruinescence on the stems, leaves, and fruits in various plants [1-3]. Generally, waxes were reported to be important for interactions between plant surfaces and the environment
[3,4]. It has been previously suggested that wax coverage on plant surfaces decreases locomotory activity of insects, and this prevents insects from robbing nectar and other resources [5-8], protects plants against insects and herbivores [7,9-19], and precludes the escape of insects from traps in carnivorous plants [7,13,20-24].
