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The release of water-soluble substances depends to a great degree on the structural organization of the plant cell separated from the environment by two barriers: the cellulose-pectic wall and the plasmatic membrane. In this chapter we shall consider characteristics of cell wall construction, the composition of leachates, and the mechanism of leaching.
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Roshchina, V.V., Roshchina, V.D. (1993). Leaching. In: The Excretory Function of Higher Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78130-8_6
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