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LOW‐POWER ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF THE ROOT CAP REGION OF EUCALYPT MYCORRHIZAS
Author(s) -
CHILVERS G. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1968.tb05492.x
Subject(s) - mycorrhiza , hypha , root cap , botany , electron micrographs , epidermis (zoology) , electron microscope , biology , biophysics , chemistry , symbiosis , meristem , bacteria , physics , anatomy , paleontology , optics , shoot
S ummary Low‐power electron micrographs of a eucalypt mycorrhiza are presented which show how root cap cells are progressively decomposed by invasion of fungal hyphae. The development of tannin‐like deposits in cells of the root cap and epidermis is discussed briefly.