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Cell wall hydrolysis in the tracheary elements of the secondary xylem

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New Perspectives in Wood Anatomy

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 1))

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Tracheid and vessel element pit membranes and vessel perforation plate partitions are reduced by hydrolysis to a cellulose residue during cell differentiation. This process removes the non-cellulosic matrix components from unlignified walls leaving a cellulose microfibrillar web or net. Where these webs traverse small openings as in tracheid and vessel element pit membranes, they usually survive intact. Where they traverse larger openings as in vessel element perforations, they generally disappear. Whether this is due to the greater forces of the transpiration stream across such openings or the activity of cellulase is discussed.

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  1. Botany Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    B. G. Butterfield

  2. Physics and Engineering Laboratory DSIR, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

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Butterfield, B.G., Meylan, B.A. (1982). Cell wall hydrolysis in the tracheary elements of the secondary xylem. In: Baas, P. (eds) New Perspectives in Wood Anatomy. Forestry Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2418-0_4

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