Hygroscopic movements in Geraniaceae: The structural variations that are responsible for coiling or bending

New Phytologist

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 584-594

  Abraham, Yael ^a   Elbaum, Rivka ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell wall structure; Coiling; Geraniaceae; Hygroscopic movement; Polarized light microscopy; Polscope; Seed dispersal; Small angle X ray scattering (SAXS)

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULOSE; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRUIT; HYGROSCOPICITY; MOVEMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GERANIACEAE; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WETTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE; GERANIACEAE; MOVEMENT; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETTABILITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ERODIUM; GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM;

EID: 84879695230     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12254     Document Type: Article

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