Root aeration via aerenchymatous phellem: Three-dimensional micro-imaging and radial O 2 profiles in Melilotus siculus

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 420-431

  Verboven, Pieter ^a   Pedersen, Ole ^b,c   Herremans, Els ^a   Ho, Quang Tri ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a   Colmer, Timothy David ^b   Teakle, Natasha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Melilotus siculus; Micro CT; Multiscale model; Oxygen; Phellem; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DICOTYLEDON; DIFFUSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN; POROSITY; RESPIRATION;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL RESPIRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MELILOTUS; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POROSITY; PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

AEROBIOSIS; AIR; CELL RESPIRATION; DIFFUSION; HYPOCOTYL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MELILOTUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; POROSITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MELILOTUS;

EID: 84155172183     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03934.x     Document Type: Article

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