Anatomical features associated with water transport in imperforate tracheary elements of vessel-bearing angiosperms

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 953-964

  Sano, Yuzou ^a   Morris, Hugh ^b,d   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a   Ronse De Craene, Louis P ^c   Jansen, Steven ^b,e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Training and Research   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo SEM; dye injection; fibre tracheid; imperforate tracheary element (ITE); libriform fibre; pit membrane; pit morphology; secondary xylem; tracheid; vessel; water transport

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; DIAMETER; HYDRAULICS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; WATER;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955437750     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr042     Document Type: Article

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