Measurement of porosity in very small samples of plant tissue

Plant and Soil

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-90

  Visser, Eric J W ^a   Bögemann, Gerard M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Method; Microbalance; Porosity; Roots; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

PLANT; POROSITY; ROOT; SHOOT;

EID: 0041346428     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024560322835     Document Type: Article

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