Design and construction of a new temperature-controlled chamber for light and confocal microscopy under monitored conditions: Biological application for plant samples

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-191

  Buchner, O ^a   Lutz C ^a   Holzinger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Infrared thermography; IR; Irradiation; Leaf tissue; Mesophyll; Microscopy; Plants; Ranunculus glacialis; Stromules; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; MICROSCOPES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CHLOROPLAST; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; IR; LEAF TISSUES; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; MESOPHYLL; PLANT; RANUNCULUS GLACIALI; STROMULE;

IRRADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ECOLOGY; HEATING; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANUNCULACEAE; SIMULATION; STROMA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FICARIA VERNA; RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 33847730785     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01730.x     Document Type: Article

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