Abstract

X-ray image maps of transverse sections of barley leaf blades were compared with individual X-ray emission spectra from vacuoles of barley leaf mesophyll, epidermis and parenchymatous bundle sheath cells. Both forms of X-ray analysis revealed distinct patterns in element distribution within the leaf blade. Calcium and Cl predominated within the epidermal cell vacuoles whilst P appeared mainly in the mesophyll cell layer. Apparent accumulation of S and Mg within the bundle sheath cell vacuoles is discussed in relation to xylem unloading and sulphur assimilation.

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