The development of blackcurrant fruit from flower to maturity: A comparative study by 3D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) micro-imaging and conventional histology

New Phytologist

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-98

  Glidewell, S M ^a   Williamson, B ^a   Duncan, G H ^a   Chudek, J A ^b   Hunter, G ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low temperature scanning electron microscopy (LTSEM); NMR imaging; Resin histology; Ribes nigrum; Surface rendering; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

RIBES NIGRUM;

EID: 0033067043     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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