Element localization in ultrathin cryosections of high-pressure frozen ectomycorrhizal spruce roots

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 929-937

  Frey, B ^a   Brunner, I ^a   Walther, P ^b   Scheidegger, C ^a   Zierold, K ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryoultramicrotomy; Ectomycorrhizas; High pressure freezing; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

ABIES; FUNGI; HEBELOMA CRUSTULINIFORME; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0030879009     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-132.x     Document Type: Article

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