Intervascular pitting across the annual ring boundary in Betula platyphylla var. japonica and Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica

IAWA Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-140

  Sano, Yuzou ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betula platyphylla var. japonica; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica; Intervascular pits; Unilaterally compound pits

Indexed keywords

BETULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 2542440091     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000355     Document Type: Article

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