Plasmodesmatal frequency in relation to short-distance transport and phloem loading in leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare). Phloem is not loaded directly from the symplast

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-362

  Botha, C E J ^a   Cross, R H M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barley; dye coupling; Hordeum vulgare; iontophoresis; phloem loading pathway; plasmodesmatal frequency; symplastic and apoplastic transport

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0030933711     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990301.x     Document Type: Article

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