Wettability on plant leaf surfaces and its ecological significance

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4287-4298

  Shi, Hui ^a   Wang, Huixia ^a   Li, Yangyang ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic; Leaf surface; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DROPLET; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FILM; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INJURY; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA; PATHOGEN; PESTICIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHAPE; SIZE; TRICHOME; WAX; WETTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052160236     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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