Applications of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM) in botanical research

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-359

  Sorbo, Sergio ^a   Basile, Adriana ^a   Castaldo Cobianchi, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botany; ESEM; SEM; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

AZOLLA CAROLINIANA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 49549101831     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500802150829     Document Type: Review

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