Supercooling of xylem ray parenchyma cells in tropical and subtropical hardwood species

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Kuroda, Katsushi ^a   Ohtani, Jun ^a   Fujikawa, Seizo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryo scanning electron microscopy; Intracellular freezing; Supercooling; Tropical and subtropical woody plants; Xylem ray parenchyma cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031417623     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050127     Document Type: Article

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