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How to Improve Soil Anti-adhesion by Studying the Micro Relief of the Cuticle Surface of Digging Beetles: Exploring the Biodiversity of Argentina as a Source of Bioinspiration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2020

Lorena Setten
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria - INTA, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. Victoria Sánchez
Affiliation:
CONICET - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jorge F. Genise
Affiliation:
CONICET - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eduardo A. Favret
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - CONICET, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

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Type
Microscopy and Microanalysis of Biomineralized and Biomimetic Materials and Structures
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2020

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Authors acknowledge to Lic. Fabián Tricárico of the Scanning Electronic Microscopy Laboratory (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” - CONICET) for the micrographs and to the collectors of Instituto Argentino de Investigación de las Zonas Áridas (IADYZA) for the beetle's samples.Google Scholar