The structure of the phloem - Still more questions than answers

Plant Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Knoblauch, Michael ^a   Oparka, Karl ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

forisomes; high resolution imaging; long distance transport; microscopy rhizosphere chambers; M nch's pressure flow hypothesis; phloem; sieve elements

Indexed keywords

BIO-IMAGING; FORISOMES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HIGHER PLANTS; IN-VIVO; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; PHLOEM; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; PRESSURE FLOW;

SOILS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SIEVES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHLOEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84859117863     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.04931.x     Document Type: Review

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