Comparative study on epicuticular leaf waxes of Araucaria araucana, Agathis robusta and Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 644-650

  Dragota, Simona ^a   Riederer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; LEAF; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT PRODUCT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAX;

AGATHIS ROBUSTA; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; ARAUCARIACEAE; WOLLEMIA NOBILIS;

EID: 57749183834     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT08047     Document Type: Article

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