Plasticity in variation of xylem and phloem cell characteristics of Norway spruce under different local conditions

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue September, 2015, Pages

  Gricar, Jozica ^a   Prislan, Peter ^a   De Luis, Martin ^b   Gryc, Vladimir ^c   Hacurová, Jana ^c   Vavrčík, Hanuš ^c   Cufar, Katarina ^d  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cambium; Cell differentiation; Growth climate relation; Phloemogram; Picea abies; Sieve cell; Tracheid; Tracheidogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942887457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00730     Document Type: Article

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