J. N. Cape 
,
D. Fowler
Changes in epicuticular wax of Pinus sylvestris exposed to polluted air.
Cape J. N., Fowler D. (1981). Changes in epicuticular wax of Pinus sylvestris exposed to polluted air. Silva Fennica vol. 15 no. 4 article id 5146. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15373
Abstract
Scanning Electron Microscopy was used to study structural changes in epicuticular vax of Pinus sylvestris L. with time. Changes in the contact angle of water droplets and in cuticular transpiration were also measured. By using material from a polluted and an unpolluted site it was shown that the ageing process occurs faster on polluted air, leading to greater cuticular transpiration and smaller contact angles at polluted sites.
Keywords
Pinus sylvestris;
needles;
Scots pine;
damage;
air pollution;
environmental impact;
sulphur dioxide;
foliage;
epicuticular vax;
cuticular transpiration
Published in 1981
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