ISSN:
1432-5225
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Summary Sapwood, frozen in a conducting state, was freeze-etched for electron microscopy to show undried bordered-pit membranes. These appeared similar in structure to non-aspirated pit membranes observed in wood dried from organic solvents. Freeze-etching showed that, even before drying, the torus is lens-shaped in section and suspended by a margo of large radial strands and numerous smaller fibrils. Globular objects, previously undescribed, whose diameters ranged from 0.3 to 1 μm, were found distributed at random on pit membranes and tracheid walls.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00351071
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