Diffusion in plant cuticles as affected by temperature and size of organic solutes: Similarity and diversity among species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 982-994

  Baur, P ^a   Buchholz, A ^a   Schonherr J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular wax; Diffusion; Foliar uptake; Hysteresis; Leaf temperature; Penetration; Permeability; Phase transition; Reversibility; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ARMENIACA; ARRHENIUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS MAXIMA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA; STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA; STROPHANTHUS; STROPHANTUS; STROPHANTUS GRATUS;

EID: 0030769285     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1997.tb00675.x     Document Type: Article

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