2002 Volume 64 Issue 1 Pages 77-82
Experiments were carried out with different plant leaves partially coated with fibrous membrane. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of membrane coating on the amount of evapo-transpiration (ET). The results show that for radish (as a sample of herbaceous plants), when the leaf-surface had coating on it, the amount of ET certainly decreased resulting a total reduction of 11.2%. The effect of the presence or absence of coating on the amount of ET was tested out with 5% significance probability. For rice, in the first half of the growth stage of the plants with coating, the amount of ET showed a tendency to be decreased, however, the amount tended to be increased thereafter. On the other hand, for rose (a sample of woody plants), the amount of ET for plants with coating was less than the amount for the non-coated plants and the tendency continued almost throughout the observation period with 5% significance level.
