X-ray microanalysis of papillar cells and pollen grains in the pollination process in Brassica using a variable-pressure scanning electron microscope

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 909-917

  Iwano, Megumi ^a   Wada, Masao ^b   Morita, Yohji ^b   Shiba, Hiroshi ^a   Takayama, Seiji ^a   Isogai, Akira ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brassica; Pollination; Self incompatibility; Variable pressure SEM; Water soluble elements; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA;

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRASSICA; POLLEN GRAINS; POLLINATION; SELF POLLINATION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY; VARIABLE PRESSURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VARIABLE-PRESSURE SEM; WATER-SOLUBLE ELEMENT; WATERSOLUBLE; X-RAY MICROANALYSIS;

CELLS;

EID: 0033491130     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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