Building a Barrier: The Influence of Different Wax Fractions on the Water Transpiration Barrier of Leaf Cuticles
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.766602
Abstract: Waxes are critical in limiting non-stomatal water loss in higher terrestrial plants by making up the limiting barrier for water diffusion across cuticles. Using a differential extraction protocol, we investigated the influence of various wax… read more here.
Keywords: wax fractions; transpiration barrier; water;