Wax filaments on sorghum leaves as seen with a scanning electron microscope

Sanchez-Diaz, M.F. and Hesketh, J.D. and Kramer, P.J. (1972) Wax filaments on sorghum leaves as seen with a scanning electron microscope. Journal Of The Arizona Academy Of Science, 7 (1). pp. 6-7.

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Abstract

In an evaluation of the physiological differences in drought tolerance between maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorlhum bicolor), the occurrence of a white way bloom on sorghum leaves and leaf sheaths is a remarkable and obvious difference. This bloom comes off easily as a powder. Such a film can be seen as filaments under a light microscope.....

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Subjects: Soil Science and Microbiology
Crop Improvement
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 21 May 2012 04:55
Last Modified: 21 May 2012 04:55
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5544

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