How to quantify conduits in wood?

Vessels and tracheids represent the most important xylem cells with respect to long distance water transport in plants. Wood anatomical studies frequently provide several quantitative details of these cells, such as vessel diameter, vessel density, vessel element length, and tracheid length, while i...

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Main Authors: Alexander eScholz, Matthias eKlepsch, Zohreh eKarimi, Steven eJansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00056/full