Open AccessCallose in compression wood tracheids
Author(s) -
P. Brodzki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1972.025
Subject(s) - tracheid , callose , compression (physics) , swelling , botany , composite material , materials science , cell wall , xylem , biology
A study of 20 gymnospermous species has shown that in most of them callose occurs in the helical checks of the S2 layer of cell walls in the compression wood tracheids. It is suggested that owing to its swelling properties callose plays a part in the longitudinal extension of compression wood