Using high resolution computed tomography to visualize the three dimensional structure and function of plant vasculature

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 74, 2013, Pages

  McElrone, Andrew J ^a   Choat, Brendan ^b   Parkinson, Dilworth Y ^c   MacDowell, Alastair A ^c   Brodersen, Craig R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced visualization techniques; Agriculture; ALS 8.3.2; Biophysics; Botany; Cellular biology; CT scans; Environmental effects (biological, animal and plant); Environmental sciences; Imaging; Issue 74; Molecular biology; Phloem; Physics; Plant biology; Plant vascular function; Plants; Radiation effects (biological, animal and plant); Structural biology; Synchrotron; Tomography; X ray micro tomography; Xylem; Xylem networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875973380     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50162     Document Type: Article

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