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SEASONAL VARIATION OF GORSE ( ULEX EUROPAEUS L) SURFACE WAX AND TRICHOMES
Author(s) -
ZABKIEWICZ J. A.,
GASKIN R. E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb02642.x
Subject(s) - wax , trichome , botany , ulex europaeus , seasonality , biology , horticulture , ecology , biochemistry , agglutinin , lectin
SUMMARY A marked seasonal variation in wax production was observed by scanning electron microscopy and confirmed by extraction and weighing the wax. Contact angles of water droplets on films of this extracted wax also showed seasonal variation as well as differences between foliage of different ages. This suggests that the chemical composition of the wax could vary in a like manner. Trichome development patterns were less distinct, but there was some indication of progressive attrition with increasing tissue age.