Composition of cuticular waxes coating flag leaf blades and peduncles of Triticum aestivum cv. Bethlehem

Flag leaf and peduncle waxes of Triticum aestivum cv. Bethlehem contained aliphatic, aromatic, and alicyclic compound classes with characteristic chain length and isomer distributions. Benzyl, phenethyl, p-hydroxyphenthyl, and 2-alkanol esters were found present in wheat wax.