Leaf structural dynamics associated with adaptation of two Ebenus cretica ecotypes

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-250

  Syros, T ^a   Kofidis, G ^a   Economou, A S ^a   Bosabalidis, A M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Epidermis; Fabaceae; Floriculture; Leaf anatomy; Mesophyll; Xeromorphic environment

Indexed keywords

EBENUS CRETICA; FABACEAE;

EID: 30744438608     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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