… greatly the metabolic functions in the leaves. Similarly, stomata plays an … In many species,
trichomes or wax layers reduced radiation absorbance; … Acacia greggii var wrightii adaxial …

… leaves of each specimen were collected randomly taken from the sample areas for anatomical
study.The leaf … The studied species that possessed amphistomatic leaf type are Acacia …

… , due mainly to the higher proportion of CZ9 alkane in the cuticular wax of leaf sheath
compared with the lamina of vegetative leaves. Laredo et al. (1991) recently surveyed the alkane …

… on a leaf’s surface and/or epicuticular wax layer and … Acacia parramattensis and Acacia
longifolia leaves. PM was collected from 6 replicate plants per species and 30 replicate leaves …

… -veined eudicot leaves with a clean metal blade to avoid mixing the water contained in leaf
cells with that present in the leaf vascular system. All samples (folded leaves, stem sections …

… wax with its stomata arranging regularly, resulting in poor dust catching capability. Leaf size
was … 1, the highest dust retention on leaves was observed for Acacia confusa and Terminalia …

… We present a long chain n-alkyl lipids study in fresh plant leaves and rodent palaeomiddens
collected along an elevational gradient in the south-central Atacama Desert of Chile, …

… Briefly, all leaf samples were first air-dried in the field; then dried leaves were oven-dried
at 60 C and were ultrasonically extracted in dichloromethane/methanol (DCM/MeOH, 3:1, v/v) …

… of different leaf types, including both "normal" green leaves and various leaves showing …
A surface layer of wax particles or hairs, being highly diffusely reflective, prevents much of …

… The C 27+ n-alkanes are predominantly derived from leaf wax lipids of terrestrial plants, …
Notably, the principal trend in leaf-wax δ 13 C values infers C 4 dominance during both wet …