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Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light

Vascular bundles (VBs) of oil palm trunks exhibited birefringence due to polarized orientation of their cell wall components, although another component of the trunks, parenchyma tissue (PT), did not. The intensity of the birefringence depended on the VB composition; therefore, it was possible to es...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Murata, Satoshi Kubo, Eiji Togawa, Siti Fatimah Mhd Ramlee, Othman Sulaiman, Rokiah Hashim, Wan Asma Ibrahim, Akihi Kosugi, Akiko Hirooka, Hisashi Abe
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Published: 2015
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8128/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669014007638
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spelling my.umk.eprints.81282022-05-23T10:25:26Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8128/ Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light Yoshinori Murata Satoshi Kubo Eiji Togawa Siti Fatimah Mhd Ramlee Othman Sulaiman Rokiah Hashim Wan Asma Ibrahim Akihi Kosugi Akiko Hirooka Hisashi Abe Vascular bundles (VBs) of oil palm trunks exhibited birefringence due to polarized orientation of their cell wall components, although another component of the trunks, parenchyma tissue (PT), did not. The intensity of the birefringence depended on the VB composition; therefore, it was possible to estimate the VB content readily using a polarizing microscope connected to an image analyzer. The method proposed in this manuscript should allow easier quantification of VBs in oil palm trunks than methods using X-ray diffraction. Both VBs and PT contained cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, and starch; however, the cellulose content of PT was less than half that of VBs. This difference in cellulose content between VB and PT may explain why VBs were detected under polarizing light 2015 Non-Indexed Article NonPeerReviewed Yoshinori Murata and Satoshi Kubo and Eiji Togawa and Siti Fatimah Mhd Ramlee and Othman Sulaiman and Rokiah Hashim and Wan Asma Ibrahim and Akihi Kosugi and Akiko Hirooka and Hisashi Abe (2015) Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light. Industrial Crops and Products, 65 (2015). pp. 190-197. ISSN 0926-6690 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669014007638
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description Vascular bundles (VBs) of oil palm trunks exhibited birefringence due to polarized orientation of their cell wall components, although another component of the trunks, parenchyma tissue (PT), did not. The intensity of the birefringence depended on the VB composition; therefore, it was possible to estimate the VB content readily using a polarizing microscope connected to an image analyzer. The method proposed in this manuscript should allow easier quantification of VBs in oil palm trunks than methods using X-ray diffraction. Both VBs and PT contained cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, and starch; however, the cellulose content of PT was less than half that of VBs. This difference in cellulose content between VB and PT may explain why VBs were detected under polarizing light
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author Yoshinori Murata
Satoshi Kubo
Eiji Togawa
Siti Fatimah Mhd Ramlee
Othman Sulaiman
Rokiah Hashim
Wan Asma Ibrahim
Akihi Kosugi
Akiko Hirooka
Hisashi Abe
spellingShingle Yoshinori Murata
Satoshi Kubo
Eiji Togawa
Siti Fatimah Mhd Ramlee
Othman Sulaiman
Rokiah Hashim
Wan Asma Ibrahim
Akihi Kosugi
Akiko Hirooka
Hisashi Abe
Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
author_facet Yoshinori Murata
Satoshi Kubo
Eiji Togawa
Siti Fatimah Mhd Ramlee
Othman Sulaiman
Rokiah Hashim
Wan Asma Ibrahim
Akihi Kosugi
Akiko Hirooka
Hisashi Abe
author_sort Yoshinori Murata
title Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
title_short Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
title_full Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
title_fullStr Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
title_full_unstemmed Detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
title_sort detection of vascular bundles using cell wall birefringence on exposure to polarized light
publishDate 2015
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8128/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669014007638
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