Structure and function of the root cap of Lolium temulentum L. (Poaceae): Parallels with the ligule

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-13

  Chaffey, N J ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darnel; Gramineae; grasses; ligule; Lolium temulentum L.; Poaceae; root cap; secretion; ultracytochemistry; ultrastructure; zinc iodide osmium tetroxide impregnation

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; LOLIUM TEMULENTUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0029738175     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0088     Document Type: Article

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