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Persistence of selected antitranspirants
Author(s) -
Kreith Frank,
Taori Ashok,
Anderson Jay E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr011i002p00281
Subject(s) - transpiration , horticulture , persistence (discontinuity) , chemistry , botany , biology , photosynthesis , geotechnical engineering , engineering
The short‐ and long‐term effectiveness of two film‐forming and two physiologically active antitranspirants was evaluated on tobacco leaves under controlled experimental conditions. The physiologically active antitranspirants (phenylmercuric acetate and monoglycerol ester of n ‐decenyl succinic acid) initially reduced water loss to less than 40% of controls, but their effectiveness diminished sharply within 2–3 days. Treatment with the film‐forming antitranspirants (Wilt Pruf and Mobileaf) resulted in initial transpiration reductions to 50–65% of controls, but the duration of effectiveness was longer with these than with the metabolic agents. The results are compared with those of previous studies, and implications for large‐scale antitranspirant applications are discussed.