Subcellular localization of silicon and germanium in grass root and leaf tissues by SIMS: Evidence for differential and active transport

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 237-249

  Sparks, Jed P ^a   Chandra, Subhash ^b   Derry, Louis A ^b   Parthasarathy, Mandayam V ^a   Daugherty, Carole S ^a   Griffin, Rory ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Casparian strip; Freeze substitution; Germanium; High pressure freezing; Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS); Silicon

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; GERMANIUM; GRASS; HIGH PRESSURE; LEAF; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROOT; SILICON;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 79957914907     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9498-2     Document Type: Article

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