Salt excretion through the cuticle without disintegration of fine structures in the salt glands of Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 209, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 185-190

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

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryo scanning electron microscopy; Cuticle; Epicuticular wax; Halophyte; Salt excretion; Salt gland

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CUTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRASS; HALOPHYTE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY; WATER RETENTION; WAX;

CHLORIS GAYANA; POACEAE;

EID: 84898057856     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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