Transport
properties of leaves and roots are investigated using radio-labelled
probes (Schlegel
et al. 2005). Analysis of cuticular waxes and the biopolymers cutin,
suberin and lignin is carried out by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry
(Franke
et al. 2005). Suberin and cutin biosynthesis is analysed by molecular
biological and biochemical approaches (Franke
et al. 2009). Microbiological and molecular biological methods are
used for the cultivation and analysis of epiphyllic microorganisms (Krimm
et al. 2005). Characterisation of cutinized and suberized plant
interfaces is accomplished by fluorescence microscopy, transmission-
and scanning electron microscopy (Schreiber
et al. 2005).
