Polarity in cuticular ridge development and insect attachment on leaf surfaces of Schismatoglottis calyptrata (Araceae)

• Venkata A. Surapaneni,
• Tobias Aust,
• Thomas Speck and
• Marc Thielen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1326–1338, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.98

• surfaces. The changes in the micro- and macroscale morphology of the leaves should improve our understanding of the way that plants defend themselves against insect herbivores. Keywords: cuticular ridges; insect adhesion; leaf surfaces; ontogeny; polarity; surface replication; Introduction The plant

• completed. Surface replication and characterization Replication of the leaf surface was carried out using a two-step molding approach (Epoxy-PDMS) as described in Kumar et al. [46] and Surapaneni et al. [23], except that the entire adaxial leaf surfaces of S. calyptrata (leaf area: 15–293 cm2) were