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Image Title: Salt-secreting stem cuttings of Avicennia germinans and Frankenia grandifolia placed in a flask containing 30 mM NaCI under continuous fluorescent light
Image Credit: Ronald A. Balsamo, University of California
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Salt-secreting stem cuttings of Avicennia germinans (left) and Frankenia grandifolia (right) placed in a flask containing 30 mM NaCI under continuous fluorescent light. A. germinans salt deposits are scattered white spots, mainly on the upper (adaxial) leaf surface. Long, hairlike, white salt deposits are obvious on both surfaces of leaves and on the internodes of the stem of F. grandifolia.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Ultrastructural features associated with secretion in the salt glands of Frankenia grandifolia (Frankeniaceae) and Avicennia germinans (Avicenniaceae)

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