Capturing the surface texture and shape of Pollen: A comparison of microscopy techniques

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sivaguru, Mayandi ^a   Mander, Luke ^a   Fried, Glenn ^a   Punyasena, Surangi W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON REPENS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON HIRTUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MABEA OCCIDENTALIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VEGETATION;

MICROSCOPY; POLLEN;

EID: 84862183654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039129     Document Type: Article

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