Anatomical features that facilitate radial flow across growth rings and from xylem to cambium in Cryptomeria japonica

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1145-1157

  Kitin, Peter ^a,c,d   Fujii, Tomoyuki ^b   Abe, Hisashi ^b   Takata, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordered pit; Cryptomeria japonica; Intercellular spaces; Lateral transport; Tracheid network; Water conduction; Xylem permeability

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CYTOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIAL FLOW; TREE RING; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JAPANESE CEDAR; XYLEM;

CRYPTOMERIA; XYLEM;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 65349189676     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp050     Document Type: Article

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