
%0 Journal Article
%A Swift, JG 
%A O'Brien, TP 
%T Vascularization of the scutellum of wheat
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 1970/04/01
%V 18
%N 1
%P 45-53
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9700045
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9700045 
%X The pattern of vascularization of the wheat scutellum shortly after germination is reconstructed from serial sections of plastic-embedded specimens. Nearly half of the phloem in the scutellum is unaccompanied by xylem. Most of the phloem tissue consists of distinct strands, composed of a central sieve tube encircled by a single ring of phloem parenchyma cells. The possible functions of this unusual vascular system are discussed in detail. 
