Water in aerenchyma spaces in roots. A fast diffusion path for solutes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-141

  Van Der Weele, C M ^a,c   Canny, M J ^b   McCully, M E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

aerenchyma; cryo microscopy; intercellular water; maize; root cortex; solute diffusion; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030473645     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029283     Document Type: Article

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