Water and Solute Permeability of Plant Cuticles: Measurement and ...
Water and Solute Permeability of Plant Cuticles: Measurement and ...
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Contents xi<br />
4.6.3 Diffusion Coefficients <strong>of</strong> <strong>Water</strong> in CM <strong>and</strong> Cuticular Wax . . 107<br />
4.6.3.1 <strong>Measurement</strong> <strong>of</strong> Dw for <strong>Water</strong> in CM from<br />
Hold-up Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
4.6.3.2 Estimation <strong>of</strong> Dw from Diffusion <strong>of</strong> Lipophilic<br />
Neutral Molecules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
4.6.4 <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Permeability</strong> <strong>of</strong> Paraffin Waxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111<br />
4.6.4.1 <strong>Water</strong> Permeance <strong>of</strong> Polyethylene<br />
<strong>and</strong> Paraffin Wax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111<br />
4.6.4.2 <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Permeability</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lipid Monolayers . . . . . . . . . 114<br />
4.6.4.3 Estimation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Sorption in Wax <strong>and</strong><br />
Thickness <strong>of</strong> the Waxy Transpiration Barrier . . . . . 116<br />
4.7 Permeances <strong>of</strong> Adaxial <strong>and</strong> Abaxial <strong>Cuticles</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118<br />
4.8 <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Permeability</strong> <strong>of</strong> Isolated Cuticular Membranes<br />
as Compared to Intact Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />
4.9 The Shape <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Water</strong> Barrier in <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Cuticles</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120<br />
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121<br />
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122<br />
5 Penetration <strong>of</strong> Ionic <strong>Solute</strong>s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125<br />
5.1 Localisation <strong>of</strong> Aqueous Pores in <strong>Cuticles</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126<br />
5.2 Experimental Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129<br />
5.3 Cuticular Penetration <strong>of</strong> Electrolytes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133<br />
5.3.1 Effect <strong>of</strong> Wetting Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133<br />
5.3.2 Penetration <strong>of</strong> Calcium <strong>and</strong> Potassium Salts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134<br />
5.3.3 Rate Constants Measured with Leaf CM from Different<br />
Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136<br />
5.3.4 Size Selectivity <strong>of</strong> Aqueous Pores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br />
5.3.5 Penetration <strong>of</strong> Organic Ions <strong>and</strong> Zwitter Ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140<br />
5.4 Cuticular Penetration <strong>of</strong> Fe Chelates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142<br />
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143<br />
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144<br />
6 Diffusion <strong>of</strong> Non-Electrolytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />
6.1 Sorption in Cuticular Membranes, Polymer Matrix,<br />
Cutin <strong>and</strong> Waxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />
6.1.1 Definition <strong>and</strong> Determination <strong>of</strong> Partition Coefficients . . . . . 145<br />
6.1.2 Cuticle/<strong>Water</strong> Partition Coefficients Kcw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146<br />
6.1.3 Wax/<strong>Water</strong> Partition Coefficients Kww . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148<br />
6.1.4 Concentration Dependence <strong>of</strong> Partition Coefficients . . . . . . . 149<br />
6.1.5 Prediction <strong>of</strong> Partition Coefficients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149<br />
6.1.6 Problems Related to the <strong>Measurement</strong> <strong>of</strong> Partition<br />
Coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151<br />
6.1.6.1 <strong>Solute</strong>s with Ionisable Acidic <strong>and</strong> Basic Groups . . 151<br />
6.1.6.2 Hydrophobic <strong>Solute</strong>s with Extremely<br />
Low <strong>Water</strong> Solubility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151