X-ray μCT imaging technique reveals corm microstructures of an arctic-boreal cotton-sedge, Eriophorum vaginatum

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-371

  Bogart, Sarah J ^a   Spiers, Graeme ^a   Cholewa, Ewa ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D image; Cotton sedge; Eriophorum vaginatum; Microtomography; Sclereid clusters; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; MICROSCOPY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; VISION; X RAY MICROANALYSIS; ARCTIC; CYPERACEAE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CAREX; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CYPERACEAE; MICROSCOPY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955091847     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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