Epicuticular phenolics over guard cells: Exploitation for in situ stomatal counting by fluorescence microscopy and combined image analysis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 631-639

  Karabourniotis, George ^a   Tzobanoglou, Despina ^a   Nikolopoulos, Dimosthenis ^a   Liakopoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Epicuticular waxes; Fluorescence microscopy; Image analysis; Phenolics; Stomata

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0034973433     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2001.1386     Document Type: Article

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