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The amounts and types of epicuticular waxes on onion ( Allium cepa ) leaves affect feeding damage by onion thrips ( Thrips tabaci ). This study used gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) to establish the identities of waxes and measure over time wax amounts on leaves of inbred onion plants with glossy, semiglossy, and waxy foliage. Nine waxes were detected on leaves of all inbreds, and higher coefficients of variation ( cv ) were observed for less abundant waxes on foliage of doubled haploid onions. Older leaves had higher amounts of waxes compared with younger leaves on the same plant. Except for one minor wax, amounts of individual waxes on leaves were not significantly different for plants of different ages. There was a significant inbred by sampling date interaction due to lower amounts of waxes on the leaves of older plants from the semiglossy inbred. These results indicate that there is little advantage to multiple samplings of leaves over time from the same plant and resources may be better used to evaluate more plants. The relatively large  cv s for amounts of specific waxes may reduce response to selection for unique epicuticular wax profiles to develop onion populations that suffer less feeding damage by onion thrips.

Identities of and Phenotypic Variation for Epicuticular Waxes among Leaves and Plants from Inbred Onion Populations