Secondary plasmodesmata formation in the minor-vein phloem of Cucumis melo L. and Cucurbita pepo L.

Planta

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 425-432

  Volk, Gayle M ^a   Turgeon, Robert ^a   Beebe, Dwight U ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cucumis; Cucurbita; Intermediary cell; Phloem; Plasmodesmata; Sink source transition

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; MELO; PEPO;

EID: 0029795840     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00195735     Document Type: Article

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