New and unusual forms of calcium oxalate raphide crystals in the plant kingdom

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 721-730

  Raman, Vijayasankar ^a   Horner, Harry T ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Calcium oxalate crystals; Dioscorea polystachya; Light microscopy; Raphides; Scanning electron microscopy; Yams

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA;

CALCIUM OXALATE;

CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT TUBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YAM;

CALCIUM OXALATE; DIOSCOREA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT TUBERS;

EID: 84912047217     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: 16180860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-014-0654-y     Document Type: Article

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