Aerenchymatous phellem in hypocotyl and roots enables O2 transport in Melilotus siculus

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-350

  Teakle, Natasha L ^a   Armstrong, Jean ^a,b   Barrett Lennard, Edward G ^a   Colmer, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Hypocotyl; Melilotus siculus; Phellem; Radial oxygen loss; Roots; Secondary aerenchyma; Waterlogging tolerance

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; OXYGEN;

AERATION; AGAR; ANATOMY; ANNUAL PLANT; DIAMETER; DYE; LEGUME; OXYGEN; POROSITY; ROOT SYSTEM; WATERLOGGING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MELILOTUS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POROSITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STAINING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; ELECTRODES; HYPOCOTYL; MELILOTUS; MERISTEM; METHYLENE BLUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; POROSITY; SOLUTIONS; STAINING AND LABELING;

MELILOTUS;

EID: 79953034699     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03655.x     Document Type: Article

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