The pore of the leaf cavity of Azolla: Morphology, cytochemistry and possible functions

Symbiosis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-57

  Veys, Pascal ^a   Waterkeyn, Luc ^a   Lejeune, Andre ^a   Van Hove, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anabaena azollae; Azolla; Callose; Cell wall projections; Gas exchanges; Leaf pore; Pectin

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA AZOLLAE; AZOLLA;

EID: 0032831851     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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