Tyloses and Phenolic Deposits in Xylem Vessels Impede Water Transport in Low-Lignin Transgenic Poplars: A Study by Cryo-Fluorescence Microscopy1[W][OA]
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Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, B–3080 Tervuren, Belgium (P.K., H.B.); Department of Wood Science and Engineering (S.L.V., B.L.) and Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (S.H.S.), Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331; and United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 (F.C.M.)
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Tyloses and phenolic deposits in xylem vessels impede water transport in low-lignin transgenic poplars: a study by cryo-fluorescence microscopy.
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