The progression of cavitation in earlywood vessels of Fraxinus mandshurica vat japonica during freezing and thawing

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 897-904

  Utsumi, Yasuhiro ^a   Sano, Yuzou ^a   Funada, Ryo ^a   Fujikawa, Seizo ^a   Ohtani, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING;

FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0032712842     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.3.897     Document Type: Article

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