Lignin distribution in the tropical bamboo species Gigantochloa levis

IAWA Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-456

  Lybeer, Bieke ^a   Koch, Gerald ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gigantochloa levis; Lignification; Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens; TEM; UV microspectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

GIGANTOCHLOA; PHYLLOSTACHYS VIRIDIGLAUCESCENS;

EID: 28844498494     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000126     Document Type: Article

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