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Plant Cuticles Water and Solute Permeability: Measurement, Data Analysis & Applications in Botany Research
Plant Cuticles Water and Solute Permeability: Measurement, Data Analysis & Applications in Botany Research

Plant Cuticles Water and Solute Permeability: Measurement, Data Analysis & Applications in Botany Research

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Transport properties of plant cuticles are important for different ?elds of modern plant sciences. Ecologists and physiologists are interested in water losses to the environment via the cuticle. Penetration of plant protecting agents and nutrients into leaves and fruits is relevant for research in agriculture and plant protection. Ecotoxicologists need to know the amounts of environmental xenobiotics which accumulate in leaves and other primary plant organs from the environment. For all of these studies suitable methods should be used, and a sound theoretical basis helps to formulate testable hypotheses and to interpret experimental data. Unnecessary experiments and experiments which yield ambiguous results can be avoided. In this monograph, we have analysed on a molecular basis the movement of molecules across plant cuticles. Based on current knowledge of chemistry and str- ture of cuticles, we have characterised the aqueous and lipophilic pathways, the nature and mechanisms of mass transport and the factors controlling the rate of movement. We have focused on structure–property relationships for penetrant tra- port, which can explain why water and solute permeabilities of cuticles differ widely among plant species. Based on this knowledge, mechanisms of adaptation to en- ronmental factors can be better understood, and rates of cuticular penetration can be optimised by plant physiologists and pesticide chemists.

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Being a PhD student in plant physiology, I needed a comprehensive monograph on molecules movement across plant cuticles. This book, published in 2009, is aimed to MSc and graduate students; it therefore assumes that the reader be familiar with at least undergraduate-level maths, physics and chemistry. Cuticle diffusion models and experimental set-ups are discussed very thoroughly, with plenty of graphs, colour images (mostly taken from existing literature) and drawings. There is also a useful chapter on how to overcome the most common experimental pitfalls, with a (brief) paragraph on statistical characterisation. The only downsides area) the lack of a list of images, tables and graphs, andb) the price, especially since the last 25 pages are appendices, references and index (it's basically the only book on this topic, enough said).All in all, I recommend this book, but it's surely worth looking for a not-ungodly-expensive copy.