A possible role for the thick-walled epidermal cells in the mycorrhizal hair roots of lysinema ciliatum R. Br. and other epacridaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-382

  Ashford, A E ^a   Allaway, W G ^b   Reed, M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortex; Epidermis; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Exodermis; Hair root; Lysinema ciliatum R. Br.; Root cap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001558007     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0045     Document Type: Article

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