The orchid root with the velamen radicum: a multifunctional organ

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Gerhard Zotz
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems ; Plant Physiology
• Term: from 2013 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 235093790

• Final Report Year: 2017

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Publications

• The velamen of epiphytic orchids: variation in structure and correlations with nutrient absorption. Flora, Vol. 230. 2017, pp. 66-74.
  Joca, T. A. C., D. C. d. Oliveira, G. Zotz, U. Winkler, A. S. P. Moreira
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.03.009)
• The velamen radicum is common among terrestrial monocotyledons. Annals of botany, Vol.120. 2017, Issue 5, pp. 625-632.
  Zotz, G., N. Schickenberg, D. Albach
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx097)
• Chemical composition of cell walls in velamentous roots of epiphytic Orchidaceae. Protoplasma, Vol. 257. 2020, pp. 103–118.
  Joca, T. A. C., D. Coelho de Oliveira, G. Zotz, J. C. F. Cardoso, A. S. P. Moreira
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-019-01421-y)
• Variation in root morphology of epiphytic orchids along small-scale and large-scale moisture gradients. Acta Botanica Brasilica, Vol.34.2020, no.1, pp. 66-73.
  Einzmann, H. J. R., N. Schickenberg, G. Zotz
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-33062019abb0198)