Epicuticular wax columns in cultivated Brassica species and in their close wild relatives

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 515-519

  Gomez Campo C ^a   Tortosa, M E ^a   Tewari, I ^b   Tewari, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica; Leaf surface; Wax columns; Waxes

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA ALBOGLABRA; BRASSICA BOURGEAUI; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA CRETICA; BRASSICA HILARIONIS; BRASSICA INCANA; BRASSICA INSULARIS; BRASSICA MACROCARPA; BRASSICA MONTANA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NIGRA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RUPESTRIS; BRASSICA VILLOSA; MACROCARPA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0344654756     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0849     Document Type: Article

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