Silica deposition in abaxial epidermis before the opening of leaf blades of Pleioblastus chino (Poaceae, Bambusoideae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-519

  Motomura, H ^a   Fujii, T ^b   Suzuki, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abaxial epidermis; Guard cell; Leaf opening; Pleioblastus chino; Poaceae; Prickle hair; Scanning electron microscopy; Silica cell; Silica deposition; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

SILICA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSOIDEAE; PLEIOBLASTUS CHINO; POACEAE;

EID: 33645052719     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl014     Document Type: Article

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