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Effects of natural and induced pollution on the leaf wax structure of three cypress species
Author(s) -
Raddi P.,
Moricca S.,
Gellini R.,
Lonardo V.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1992.tb01437.x
Subject(s) - cypress , biology , cupressus , wax , botany , cupressaceae , vegetation (pathology) , storm surge , pollution , environmental science , ecology , oceanography , pollen , geology , storm , biochemistry , medicine , pathology
Severe damage was caused to coastal forest vegetation by the Libeccio, a sea wind blowing against the Italian coast from W‐SW. The behaviour of common cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) , smooth cypress (C. glabra) and Monterey cypress (C. macrocarpa) in response to the Libeccio windstorms of 1990 was compared with that due to treatments with the surfactant ABS (sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate). As regards both the nature and the intensity of the damage to the leaf waxes, the surge damage caused by the windstorms differed little from that produced artifi‐cially by ABS sprays.