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“SOFT‐ROT” IN A WOOD SAMPLE OF DICRANOSTYLES: A RECTIFICATION
Author(s) -
Mennega Alberta M. W.,
Jutte Suzanne M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1972.tb00785.x
Subject(s) - tracheid , feature (linguistics) , sample (material) , composite material , materials science , botany , biology , chemistry , chromatography , linguistics , philosophy , xylem
SUMMARY Peculiar slit‐like apertures in the walls of the fibre tracheids of Dicranostyles mildbraediana described in a previous paper, were recognized by the co‐author as the result of a ‘soft‐rot’ fungal attack. Consequently these structures are not a characteristic feature of this species.