Nectar formation and floral nectary anatomy of Anigozanthos flavidus: A combined magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy study

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3425-3434

  Wenzler, Michael ^a   Hölscher, Dirk ^a   Oerther, Thomas ^b   Schneider, Bernd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C chemical shift imaging; Anigozanthos flavidus; Carbohydrate transport; Cryo probe; Floral nectar; Haemodoraceae; Microimaging; MRI; NMR

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FLOWERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIGOZANTHOS FLAVIDUS; HAEMODORACEAE;

EID: 51749099025     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern191     Document Type: Article

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