A Method of Determining Vein Length per Unit Area in Grass Leaves

Authors

Robert C. Lommasson, University of NebraskaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Various methods have been used to evaluate the vascularization of leaves. One method which has been widely used is based upon the vein length per unit area of the blade. Plymale and Wylie (1944) measured the total length of veins per unit area for a few species of woody dicots. This unit has been shown by the studies of Philpott (1947) to be a slightly less reliable expression of the vascularization of Ficus leaves than the intravascular interval, a term defined and used by Wylie (1939). Schuster (1908, 1910) measured the total length of veins per unit area for a number of species of dicots and monocots, but included only one grass.

Publication Date

1949

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

56

Issue

1

First Page

143

Last Page

145

Copyright

©1949 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Lommasson, Robert C. (1949) "A Method of Determining Vein Length per Unit Area in Grass Leaves," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 56(1), 143-145.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol56/iss1/20