Effect of humidity on cuticular water permeability of isolated cuticular membranes and leaf disks

Planta

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 274-282

  Schreiber, Lukas ^a   Skrabs, M ^b   Hartmann, K D ^b   Diamantopoulos, P ^c   Simanova, E ^b   Santrucek, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological membrane; Cuticular transpiration; Lipophilic pathways; Plant cuticle; Polar pores; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; IONS; ISOTOPES; MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; WATER;

POLAR PORES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; FORSYTHIA; FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA; FORSYTHIA X INTERMEDIA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; PRUNUS; PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS; VINCA; VINCA MAJOR;

EID: 0035786183     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100615     Document Type: Article

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