Salt excretion from the salt glands in Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth) as evidenced by low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-57

  Oi, Takao ^a   Hirunagi, Kanjun ^a   Taniguchi, Mitsutaka ^a   Miyake, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy dispersive X ray spectrometry; Halophyte; Leaf morphology; NaCl excretion; Poaceae; Salt gland

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; EXCRETION; GRASS; HALOPHYTE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHLORIS GAYANA; POACEAE;

EID: 84873198817     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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