A new method to obtain good anatomical slides of heterogeneous plant parts

IAWA Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-383

  Barbosa, Antonio C F ^a   Pace, Marcelo R ^b,c   Witovisk, Luciana ^b,d   Angyalossy, Veronica ^b  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microtechnique; Plant preparation; Polystyrene foam solution; Sectioning; Wood

Indexed keywords

LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 78349312501     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000030     Document Type: Article

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