Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM)-a versatile tool in studying plants

Protoplasma

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-99

  Stabentheiner, Edith ^a   Zankel, Armin ^b   Pölt, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conventional scanning electron microscopy (CSEM); Dynamic investigations; Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM); Hydrated samples; In situ ultramicrotomy; Plant surfaces and structures; Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS;

EID: 77957258586     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0155-3     Document Type: Article

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