ISSN:
1573-5036
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary A previous paper (Part I)4 has shown that when vegetation and land slope are favourable to the capture of aerosol, the salinity of rainfall provides no measure of rate of acquisition of cyclic salt by a given land area. This is confirmed by the high level of chloride in Fiji foliage. The chloride content of experimental rice plants was found to be much higher than could be accounted for by all the chlorides introduced into the growth medium. Rice plants in the field, affected by the punctures of leaf hoppers, were shown to have a higher level of leaf chloride than unaffected plants. Chloride absorbed through the leaves was distributed in the plant differently from chloride taken up by the roots. Measurements on stomata and specific leaf area suggest that the aerosol particles enter through the stomata rather than through the rest of the leaf surface.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01373587
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