Localization of cadmium in the root cells of Allium cepa by energy dispersive X-ray analysis

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-366

  Liu, D ^a   Kottke, I ^b   Adam, D ^b  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cytoplasm; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33947376507     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0075-z     Document Type: Article

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