Needle anatomy changes with increasing tree age in Douglas-fir

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 129-136

  Apple, Martha ^a   Tiekotter, Ken ^a   Snow, Michael ^a   Young, James ^a   Soeldner, Al ^a   Phillips, Donald ^a   Tingey, David ^a   Bond, Barbara J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrosclereids; Cells; Lignin; Needles; Structure

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANATOMY; LEAF;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OREGON; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREES;

EID: 0036010308     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.2-3.129     Document Type: Article

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