Penetration of an ethoxylated fatty alcohol surfactant across leaf cuticles as affected by concentration, additives, and humidity

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 380-393

  Baur, P ^a   Schonherr ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive; Adjuvant; Cuticle; Foliar penetration; Humidity; Inorganic salts; Nonionic surfactant; Phytotoxicity; Salting out

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030850947     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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