Effect of water stress on the epicuticular wax composition and ultrastructure of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) leaf, bract, and boll

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Bondada, Bhaskar Rao ^a   Oosterhuis, Derrick M ^b   Murphy, John Brad ^b   Kim, Kyung Soo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

alkanes; epicuticular wax; Gossypium hirsutum L.; water stress

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0030135175     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-8472(96)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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