Symplasmic transport in wood: The importance of living xylem cells

Symplasmic Transport in Vascular Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 101-132

  Sokołowska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Axial parenchyma; Contact cells; Embolism repair; Isolation cells; Sapwood; Secondary xylem; Storage parenchyma; Sugar efflux; Sugar influx; Symplasm apoplasm interface; Xylem rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887532250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7765-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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