The formation of rubber particles in developing cortical parenchyma of Parthenium argentatum plants exposed to the low temperatures of fall and winter of the Chihuahuan Desert

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-406

  Benedict, C R ^a   Goss, Rachel ^a   Foster, M A ^b   Greer, Paul J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Agrilife Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical parenchyma; Guayule; Parthenium argentatum; Rubber particle ontogeny

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; CORTICAL PARENCHYMA; CYTOSOLS; FIELD PLOT; GUAYULE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MIXED SIZE; OLD PLANTS; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; RUBBER PARTICLE ONTOGENY; RUBBER PARTICLES; SECONDARY CELL WALL; THIN LAYERS; TONOPLASTS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; LANDFORMS; MITOCHONDRIA;

RUBBER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CYTOLOGY; DESERT; FIELD METHOD; GROWTH RATE; ONTOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RUBBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; TRANSPLANTATION;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

PLANT; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 70349139216     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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