How to quantify conduits in wood?

Erstveröffentlichung
2013-03-18Autoren
Scholz, Alexander
Klepsch, Matthias Michael
Karimi, Zohreh
Jansen, Steven
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Erschienen in
Frontiers in Plant Science ; 4 (2013). - Art.-Nr. 56. - eISSN 1664-462X
Link zur Originalveröffentlichung
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00056Fakultäten
Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitutionen
Institut für Systematische Botanik und ÖkologieExterne Kooperationen
Golestan University, IranDokumentversion
Veröffentlichte Version (Verlags-PDF)Zusammenfassung
Vessels and tracheids represent the most important xylem cells with respect to long distance water transport in plants. Wood anatomical studies frequently provide several quantitative details of these cells, such as vessel diameter, vessel density, vessel element length, and tracheid length, while important information on the three dimensional structure of the hydraulic network is not considered. This paper aims to provide an overview of various techniques, although there is no standard protocol to quantify conduits due to high anatomical variation and a wide range of techniques available. Despite recent progress in image analysis programs and automated methods for measuring cell dimensions, density, and spatial distribution, various characters remain time-consuming and tedious. Quantification of vessels and tracheids is not only important to better understand functional adaptations of tracheary elements to environment parameters, but will also be essential for linking wood anatomy with other fields such as wood development, xylem physiology, palaeobotany, and dendrochronology.
Schlagwörter
[GND]: Gefäß[LCSH]: Tracheary cells | Wood Anatomy
[Freie Schlagwörter]: Bordered pit | Pit membrane | Tracheid | Vessel | Vessel element | Wood anatomy
[DDC Sachgruppe]: DDC 580 / Botanical sciences
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Scholz, Alexander et al. (2021): How to quantify conduits in wood? Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm und Technischen Hochschule Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-39983
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