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- adjective Relating to the
epicuticle
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Leaves from broad-leaf trees like oaks, maples, hickories and poplars are coated with a substance called epicuticular wax, which account for their slippery texture, according to Graeme P. Berlyn, the E.H. H.rriman professor of forest management and physiology of trees at Yale.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Increased amounts of epicuticular waxes and UV-absorbing compounds, such as flavonoids, and smaller leaf/needle surface area are plant defense mechanisms against UV-B radiation.
Effects of ultraviolet-B on forest vegetation in the Arctic 2009
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Experimental field evidence indicates that enhanced UV-B radiation levels mainly increase the amount of soluble UV-B-absorbing compounds in summer-green (deciduous) plants [27], but the protective functions of wall-bound phenolic compounds and epicuticular waxes in evergreens are more complicated.
Effects of ultraviolet-B on forest vegetation in the Arctic 2009
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The protective effects come about through rapid development of epicuticular waxes, an increase in cutinization, and an initial increase followed by inhibition of UV-screening compounds [39].
Effects of ultraviolet-B on forest vegetation in the Arctic 2009
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The most consistent field response to enhanced UV-B radiation levels [32] is an increase in concentrations of soluble or wall-bound UV-B radiation absorbing compounds in leaves, complicated by great seasonal, daily, and developmental variation, both in epicuticular and internal compounds.
Effects of ultraviolet-B on forest vegetation in the Arctic 2009
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The role of epicuticular waxes has been considered mainly to provide reflectance of UV radiation, but some wax components, for example, secondary alcohols (e.g., nonacosan-10-ol) and β-diketones, absorb UV radiation [41].
Effects of ultraviolet-B on forest vegetation in the Arctic 2009
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Graeme Berlyn, the E.H. H.rriman professor of forest management and tree physiology at Yale University, said trees like oaks and maples have leaves coated with epicuticular wax.
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'Natural' and NH3-induced variation in epicuticular needle wax morphology of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.)
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