Some properties of the walls of metaxylem vessels of maize roots, including tests of the wettability of their lumenal wall surfacesd

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 977-989

  McCully, Margaret ^a   Canny, Martin ^b   Baker, Adam ^c   Miller, Celia ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryo SEM; Hydrophilicity hydrophobicity; Lateral root connections; Maize roots; Pit borders; Pit chambers; Pits; Vessel refilling; Vessel walls; Wettability; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGNIN; MAIZE; SAP FLOW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTABILITY; XYLEM; HISTOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM;

MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY; XYLEM;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT ROOTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY; XYLEM; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84899503908     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu020     Document Type: Article

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