Compressive/tensile stresses and lignified cells as resistance components in joints between cladodes of Opuntia laevis (Cactaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 447-462

  Kahn Jetter, Zella ^a   Evans, Lance S ^a   Grzan, Jennifer ^a   Frenz, Christopher ^a  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladode joints; Lignified xylem cells; Mechanical stresses; Opuntia laevis

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA LAEVIS;

EID: 0034123354     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314259     Document Type: Article

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