Vessel length and conductivity of Ulmus branches: Ontogenetic changes and relation to resistance to Dutch elm disease

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1239-1248

  Martin J A ^a   Solla, A ^b   Ruiz Villar, M ^a   Gil, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Juvenile wood; Ontogeny; Ophiostoma novo ulmi; Xylem vessel

Indexed keywords

AGE; JUVENILE WOODS; ONTOGENY; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; XYLEM VESSELS;

WOOD;

CLONING;

CLONES; JUVENILE WOOD; ULMUS; XYLEM;

OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; ULMUS; ULMUS MINOR; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 84884203721     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0872-2     Document Type: Article

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