Different surface characteristics of primary and secondary needles of Pinus canariensis

Flora

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-99

  Stabentheiner, Edith ^a   Pfeifhofer, Hartwig W ^a   Peters, Juliane ^b   Jiménez, M Soledad ^b   Morales, Domingo ^b   Grill, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universidat de La Laguna   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Island pine; Cuticle micromorphology; Epicuticular wax; Pinus canariensis; Primary and secondary needles; Wax chemistry

Indexed keywords

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 1942440929     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00138     Document Type: Article

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