Function of silica bodies in the epidermal system of rice (Oryza sativa L.): Testing the window hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 298, 1996, Pages 655-660

  Agarie, Sakae ^a,c   Agata, Waichi ^d   Uchida, Hideki ^d   Kubota, Fumitake ^d   Kaufman, Peter B ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Optical property; Quantum yield; Rice; Silicon; Window hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030132795     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.5.655     Document Type: Article

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