Focusing of light by leaf epidermal cells

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-56

  Vogelmann, Thomas C ^a   Bornman, Janet F ^b   Yates, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Image analysis; Lens; Light; Optics; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

IMPATIENS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0002437681     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00674.x     Document Type: Article

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