Method to classify xylem cell types using cross sections of 1-year-old branches in Mediterranean woody species

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-482

  De Micco, Veronica ^a   Toraldo, Gerardo ^a   Aronne, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell classification; Image analysis; Light microscopy; Mediterranean species; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; WOOD;

CELL CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MANUAL IDENTIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; WOOD;

EID: 33744466553     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0063-5     Document Type: Article

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