The ga5 mutant mainly showed a significant decrease in SFW (Fig. 1A), projected leaf area (Supplementary Data Fig. S1) and proxy leaf thickness (calculated by multiplying specific leaf area by leaf dry matter content; Table 2, Supplementary Data Fig. S1).
Elm leaf beetles often feed and lay eggs on the same plant and are known to remove the leaf epidermis prior to egg laying by scratching the leaf surface with their mouthparts.
On the other hand, other researchers have pointed out that leaf growth restraint can aid survival during drought by minimizing the evaporative leaf surface area [ 49].
The specific epithet refers to the leaf surface with dense conic bullae, which is reminiscent of the peak clusters in Sino-Vietnamese limestone karst landform.
Reportedly, Si treated plants grown under saline stress have a larger leaf weight ratio and a smaller specific leaf area than untreated plants, which have smaller leaf surface areas and loss of water transpiration [ 58].
Reduce the moisture-leaching leaf surface by cutting the leaves in half across the wide side.
If newly planted trees and shrubs show signs of stress with the heat, I might try reducing the leaf surface by pruning off every other leaf.
Plant water loss and CO2 uptake are controlled by valve-like structures on the leaf surface known as stomata.
The blast infection is initiated by the attachment of conidia to leaf surface.
Disease rating was carried out by assessing the percentage of diseased leaf surface [ 10].
