Water transport in plant cuticles: An update

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2493-2499

  Kerstiens, Gerhard ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous pores; Cuticular water permeance; Epicuticular; Epidermal transpiration; Leaf conductance; Lipophilic pathway; Wax

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PORES; CUTICULAR WATER PERMEANCE; EPIDERMAL TRANSPIRATION; LEAF CONDUCTANCE; LIPOPHILIC PATHWAY;

COMPOSITION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; WATER; WAXES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MEMBRANE LIPID; WATER; WAX;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; POROSITY; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; FRUIT; HUMIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PERMEABILITY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WAXES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; WATER; WAX;

EID: 33747879488     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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