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Epicuticular waxes on the needles of Norway spruce and Scots pine in the area of the Kunda cement plant
2000
Mandre, M. | Bogdanov, V. (Estonian Agricultural Univ., Tartu (Estonia). Forest Research Inst.)
The aim of the study was to compare the amount of epicuticular waxes of Norway spruce and Scots pine needles from the area of cement production in Kunda. The amount of Norway spruce waxes decreased under air pollution influences and with ageing. The quantity of waxes of Scots pine needles showed an increasing tendency in the polluted area and in one-year-old needles compared with the current-year ones. A rapid decrease in the amount of waxes was established also in the older needles of Scots pine
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