Microtome sectioning causes artifacts in rhizobox experiments

Plant and Soil

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 455-462

  Fitz, Walter J ^a   Wenzel, Walter W ^a   Wieshammer, Gottfried ^b   Istenič, Blaž ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Technisches Büro für Bodenkultur   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Freezing; Microtome; Rhizosphere; Slicing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; RHIZOSPHERE;

EID: 0345447034     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026173613947     Document Type: Article

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