Vascular tissue in the stem and roots of woody plants can conduct light

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 387, 2003, Pages 1627-1635

  Sun, Qiang ^a   Yoda, Kiyotsugu ^a,b   Suzuki, Mitsuo ^a,c   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Far red light; Gymnosperms; Light conduction; Optical properties of stem and root tissues; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochromes; Vascular tissue; Woody dicotyledons

Indexed keywords

CELLS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METABOLISM; TISSUE;

VASCULAR TISSUE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PHYTOCHROME;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; TREES;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 0038727064     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg167     Document Type: Article

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