Advantages and pitfalls of using free-hand sections of frozen needles for three-dimensional analysis of mesophyll by stereology and confocal microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-63

  Lhotakova Z ^a,b   Albrechtova J ^a,c   Janacek J ^b   Kubinova L ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fakir method; Internal surface area; Mesophyll; Norway spruce; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOFTWARE TESTING;

ADVANTAGES AND PITFALLS; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; FAKIR METHOD; INTERCELLULAR SPACES; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; MESOPHYLL; NORWAY SPRUCE; OPTICAL SECTIONS; STEREOLOGY;

NEEDLES;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONIFER NEEDLE; MESOPHYLL; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 52649164530     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02079.x     Document Type: Article

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