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Electron Microscopic Observations on the Secondary Wall of the Protoxylem of Cucurbita

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DURING an examination of the sieve plates of Cucurbita already briefly reported1, some observations on the structure of the secondary wall in the protoxylem have been made which seem worth recording.

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    C. E. L. HEPTON, R. D. PRESTON & G. W. RIPLEY

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HEPTON, C., PRESTON, R. & RIPLEY, G. Electron Microscopic Observations on the Secondary Wall of the Protoxylem of Cucurbita . Nature 177, 660–661 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177660a0

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