Silicification of bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla Mitf.) root and leaf

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Lux, Alexander ^a   Luxová, Miroslava ^b   Abe, Jun ^c   Morita, Shigenori ^c   Inanaga, Shinobu ^d  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Endodermis; Environmental scanning electron microscope (esem); Silicon deposition; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; LEAF; ROOT SYSTEM; SILICIFICATION;

PHYLLOSTACHYS EDULIS;

EID: 0037628850     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026157424794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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