The effects of stress on plant cuticular waxes

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-499

  Shepherd, Tom ^a   Griffiths, D Wynne ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Biosynthesis; Composition; Cuticular wax; Morphology

Indexed keywords

WATER; WAX;

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYDROCARBON; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PLANT; WAX;

CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

HUMIDITY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WAXES;

EID: 33745883787     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01826.x     Document Type: Review

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